Table 1.
Characteristics of participants based on their wealth quintiles.
| Wealth quintiles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (poorest) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (richest) | |
| (N = 1,046) | (N = 1,001) | (N = 991) | (N = 1,007) | (N = 1,014) | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 544 (52.0%) | 546 (54.5%) | 541 (54.6%) | 550 (54.6%) | 533 (52.6%) |
| Male | 502 (48.0%) | 455 (45.5%) | 450 (45.4%) | 457 (45.4%) | 481 (47.4%) |
| Age group | |||||
| 40–49 | 181 (17.3%) | 188 (18.8%) | 185 (18.7%) | 170 (16.9%) | 194 (19.1%) |
| 50–59 | 298 (28.5%) | 265 (26.5%) | 256 (25.8%) | 285 (28.3%) | 306 (30.2%) |
| 60–69 | 249 (23.8%) | 229 (22.9%) | 251 (25.3%) | 285 (28.3%) | 290 (28.6%) |
| 70–79 | 180 (17.2%) | 187 (18.7%) | 187 (18.9%) | 165 (16.4%) | 159 (15.7%) |
| 80+ | 138 (13.2%) | 132 (13.2%) | 112 (11.3%) | 102 (10.1%) | 65 (6.4%) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Not married | 639 (61.1%) | 566 (56.5%) | 484 (48.8%) | 448 (44.6%) | 343 (33.8%) |
| Married | 406 (38.9%) | 435 (43.5%) | 507 (51.2%) | 556 (55.4%) | 671 (66.2%) |
| Employment status | |||||
| Unemployed | 920 (88.1%) | 866 (86.9%) | 839 (84.7%) | 840 (83.7%) | 775 (76.7%) |
| Employed | 124 (11.9%) | 130 (13.1%) | 151 (15.3%) | 164 (16.3%) | 236 (23.3%) |
| Education level | |||||
| No education | 690 (66.1%) | 554 (55.6%) | 445 (45.0%) | 383 (38.3%) | 234 (23.1%) |
| Some education | 354 (33.9%) | 442 (44.4%) | 544 (55.0%) | 618 (61.7%) | 778 (76.9%) |
| Childhood health | |||||
| Bad | 144 (13.8%) | 118 (11.8%) | 115 (11.6%) | 116 (11.5%) | 128 (12.6%) |
| Good | 902 (86.2%) | 883 (88.2%) | 875 (88.4%) | 889 (88.5%) | 885 (87.4%) |
| History of hypertension | |||||
| No | 478 (47.0%) | 428 (43.6%) | 426 (44.2%) | 355 (36.1%) | 365 (36.9%) |
| Yes | 539 (53.0%) | 554 (56.4%) | 538 (55.8%) | 628 (63.9%) | 625 (63.1%) |
| History of diabetes | |||||
| No | 898 (93.3%) | 838 (90.9%) | 809 (88.8%) | 806 (87.7%) | 802 (85.9%) |
| Yes | 64 (6.7%) | 84 (9.1%) | 102 (11.2%) | 113 (12.3%) | 132 (14.1%) |
| Obesity | |||||
| Underweight | 87 (9.1%) | 71 (7.7%) | 46 (5.0%) | 24 (2.6%) | 30 (3.1%) |
| Normal | 433 (45.1%) | 384 (41.6%) | 346 (37.9%) | 320 (34.3%) | 236 (24.6%) |
| Overweight | 256 (26.7%) | 253 (27.4%) | 246 (26.9%) | 277 (29.7%) | 296 (30.9%) |
| Obese | 184 (19.2%) | 216 (23.4%) | 275 (30.1%) | 313 (33.5%) | 396 (41.3%) |
| Disability | |||||
| No disability | 938 (89.8%) | 886 (88.6%) | 886 (89.4%) | 928 (92.2%) | 952 (94.1%) |
| With disability | 107 (10.2%) | 114 (11.4%) | 105 (10.6%) | 78 (7.8%) | 60 (5.9%) |
| Activity | |||||
| Inactive | 313 (30.0%) | 315 (31.5%) | 322 (32.6%) | 356 (35.4%) | 322 (31.8%) |
| Active | 731 (70.0%) | 685 (68.5%) | 667 (67.4%) | 650 (64.6%) | 692 (68.2%) |
| Currently consume alcohol | |||||
| No | 695 (66.6%) | 741 (74.1%) | 775 (78.2%) | 811 (80.5%) | 865 (85.3%) |
| Yes | 349 (33.4%) | 259 (25.9%) | 216 (21.8%) | 196 (19.5%) | 149 (14.7%) |
| Currently smoke tobacco | |||||
| No | 906 (86.8%) | 899 (89.9%) | 899 (90.9%) | 926 (92.0%) | 964 (95.1%) |
| Yes | 138 (13.2%) | 101 (10.1%) | 90 (9.1%) | 81 (8.0%) | 50 (4.9%) |
| Social network contact per week | |||||
| No contact | 111 (11.5%) | 95 (10.1%) | 108 (11.5%) | 108 (11.2%) | 87 (8.8%) |
| One or two | 606 (62.7%) | 582 (61.9%) | 544 (57.9%) | 578 (59.8%) | 598 (60.7%) |
| Three + | 250 (25.9%) | 263 (28.0%) | 287 (30.6%) | 281 (29.1%) | 300 (30.5%) |
| People willing to help | |||||
| Unwilling to help | 36 (3.6%) | 41 (4.2%) | 28 (2.9%) | 35 (3.6%) | 21 (2.1%) |
| Willing to help | 975 (96.4%) | 935 (95.8%) | 940 (97.1%) | 949 (96.4%) | 977 (97.9%) |
| Trust in community | |||||
| No trust | 63 (6.2%) | 74 (7.6%) | 45 (4.7%) | 64 (6.5%) | 50 (5.0%) |
| Have trust | 949 (93.8%) | 901 (92.4%) | 922 (95.3%) | 919 (93.5%) | 948 (95.0%) |
| Community safety | |||||
| Did not feel safe | 34 (3.4%) | 52 (5.3%) | 51 (5.3%) | 43 (4.4%) | 34 (3.4%) |
| Felt safe | 977 (96.6%) | 923 (94.7%) | 917 (94.7%) | 942 (95.6%) | 964 (96.6%) |
The total number of observations for each variable does not add to the total sample in each column due to the missing value.