Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of individuals aged 15 years and older in Bhutan, 2007, 2014, and 2019 (unweighted %).

Variable	Study year
	2007	2014	2019
	N = 1897	N = 2,380	N = 5,004
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Age (years)
15–34	402 (21.2)	874 (36.7)	1,986 (39.7)
35–49	630 (33.2)	921 (38.7)	1,795 (34.7)
50–74	865 (45.6)	585 (24.6)	1,283 (25.6)
Sex
Female subjects	1,042 (54.9)	1,466 (61.6)	3,095 (61.9)
Male subjects	855 (45.1)	914 (38.4)	1,909 (38.1)
Education (in years)
0	1,303 (68.8)	1,455 (61.1)	2,492 (49.8)
1–10	386 (20.4)	656 (27.6)	1,529 (30.6)
≥11	206 (10.9)	269 (11.3)	983 (18.6)
Employment
Non-employed	1,149 (61.2)	692 (29.2)	3,782 (75.6)
Employed	729 (38.8)	1,684 (70.8)	1,223 (24.4)
Adult household members
0–2	573 (30.4)	1,642 (69.0)	1,416 (28.3)
3	500 (26.6)	427 (17.9)	1,230 (24.6)
4 or more	810 (43.0)	310 (13.0)	2,356 (47.1)
Residence
Rural	0 (0.0)	747 (31.4)	1,881 (37.6)
Urban	1,897 (100)	1,633 (68.6)	3,123 (62.4)