Table 1. Demographic information of survey participants in two rounds of community research.
First community research (n = 345) |
Second community research (n = 657) |
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Community ID (n, %) | ||
City S | 120 (34.8%) | 112 (17.1%) |
City T | 225 (65.2%) | 216 (32.9%) |
City K | 0 | 329 (50.1%) |
Age (mean, SD) | 67.4, 8.2 | 66.3, 8.5 |
Gender (n, %) | ||
Male | 173 (50.1%) | 319 (48.5%) |
Female | 172 (49.9%) | 338 (51.5%) |
Hypertension (n, %) | 278 (80.6%) | 528 (80.4%) |
Diabetes (n, %) | 160 (46.4%) | 372 (56.6%) |
Employment status (n, %) | ||
Retired | 307 (89.0%) | 399 (60.7%) |
Employed | 22 (6.4%) | 122 (18.6%) |
Self-employed | 6 (1.7%) | 26 (4.0%) |
Unemployed | 10 (2.9%) | 34 (5.2%) |
Others* | 0 | 76 (11.6%) |
Marital status (n, %) | ||
Married | 299 (86.7%) | 602 (91.6%) |
Spouse deceased | 37 (10.7%) | 40 (6.1%) |
Divorced | 5 (1.4%) | 11 (1.7%) |
Not married | 4 (1.2%) | 4 (0.6%) |
Education level (n, %) | ||
≤ Primary school | 91 (26.4%) | 322 (49.0%) |
Middle school | 145 (42.0%) | 211 (32.1%) |
High school | 88 (25.5%) | 89 (13.6%) |
≥ College | 21 (6.1%) | 35 (5.3%) |
* Other employment status included freelancers, farmers, and veterans.