TABLE 3.
The associations between self-perceived defecation health, habitat of living, and level of education
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Self-perceived defecation health | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very good | Good | Reasonable | Poor | Very poor | Total | |
| Habitat of living, n (%) | ||||||
| Village | 348 (29.0) | 596 (49.7) | 212 (17.7) | 39 (3.3) | 5 (0.4) | 1200 (100.0) |
| City <25,000 citizens | 116 (28.9) | 193 (48.0) | 84 (20.9) | 8 (2.0) | 1 (0.2) | 402 (100.0) |
| City 25,000–50,000 citizens | 167 (27.8) | 312 (52.0) | 102 (17.0) | 17 (2.8) | 2 (0.3) | 600 (100.0) |
| City 50,000–100,000 citizens | 155 (27.0) | 279 (48.7) | 116 (20.2) | 22 (3.8) | 1 (0.2) | 573 (100.0) |
| City >100,000 citizens | 290 (32.5) | 406 (45.5) | 163 (18.3) | 33 (3.7) | 1 (0.1) | 893 (100.0) |
| Total | 1076 | 1786 | 677 | 119 | 10 | 3668 |
| Level of education, n (%) | ||||||
| Low | 142 (23.5) | 297 (49.3) | 133 (22.1) | 29 (4.8) | 2 (0.3) | 603 (100.0) |
| Middle | 434 (28.8) | 721 (47.8) | 294 (19.5) | 53 (3.5) | 5 (0.3) | 1507 (100.0) |
| High | 500 (32.1) | 768 (49.3) | 250 (16.0) | 37 (2.4) | 3 (0.2) | 1558 (100.0) |
| Total | 1076 | 1786 | 677 | 119 | 10 | 3668 |