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. 2024 Aug 14;4(8):e0003549. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003549

Table 1. Demographic information of survey participants in two rounds of community research.

  First community research
(n = 345)
Second community research
(n = 657)
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.