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. 2023 Oct 19;23:2045. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15814-5

Table 1.

Distribution of the variables in female and male respondents.

Variable Female [n (%)] Male [n (%)] Inline graphic P
SRH 42.1612 < 0.001
 Bad 4198(57.64) 3134(52.02)
 Good 3085(42.36) 2891(47.98)
Residence 12.9040 0.002
 City 1535(21.08) 1405(23.32)
 Town 2388(32.79) 2001(33.21)
 Rural 3360(46.13) 2619(43.47)
Age (years) 387.5999 < 0.001
 < 70 702(9.64) 708(11.75)
 70–79 1666(22.88) 1751(29.06)
 80–89 1819(24.98) 1689(28.03)
 90–99 1544(21.20) 1329(22.06)
 ≥ 100 1552(21.31) 548(9.10)
Marital status 1376.1995 < 0.001
 Married and living with spouse 2069(28.41) 3456(57.36)
 Widowed 5100(70.03) 2292(38.04)
 Other 114(1.57) 277(4.60)
Living status 56.5756 < 0.001
 Living with family 5701(78.28) 5025(83.40)
 Alone 1353(18.58) 839(13.93)
 Nursing home 229(3.14) 161(2.67)
BMI (kg/m2) 126.7878 < 0.001
 < 18.5 1435(19.70) 784(13.01)
 18.5–23.9 3614(49.62) 3221(53.46)
 24.0–27.9 1553(21.32) 1529(25.38)
 ≥ 28.0 681(9.35) 491(8.15)
Self-reported income 56.9181 < 0.001
 Poor 773(10.61) 616(10.22)
 So so 5260(72.22) 4062(67.42)
 Rich 1250(17.16) 1347(22.36)
Smoking 3797.7262 < 0.001
 Current 306(4.20) 1760(29.21)
 Ever 287(3.94) 1708(28.35)
 Never 6690(91.86) 2557(42.44)
Drinking 2093.3853 < 0.001
 Current 435(5.97) 1566(25.99)
 Ever 349(4.79) 1207(20.03)
 Never 6499(89.24) 3252(53.98)
Exercise 180.6712 < 0.001
 No 5307(72.87) 3732(61.94)
 Yes 1976(27.13) 2293(38.06)
Social activity 168.0327 < 0.001
 No 2600(35.70) 1522(25.26)
 Yes 4683(64.30) 4503(74.74)
Education (years) 1716.7933 < 0.001
 0 4215(57.87) 1343(22.29)
 0–6 1494(20.51) 2256(37.44)
 ≥ 7 1574(21.61) 2426(40.27)