TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Samples and Countries in the Living Conditions, Lifestyles and Health Study: 8 Countries of the Former Soviet Union, 2001
| Characteristic | AR | BY | GE | KZ | KG | MD | RU | UA |
| Sample | ||||||||
| Response rate, % | 88 | 73 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 81 | 73 | 76 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male, % | 40.3 | 44.1 | 45.7 | 44.4 | 45.0 | 45.1 | 43.5 | 38.8 |
| Men aged ≥20 y, % | 40.7 | 43.9 | 45.6 | 44.1 | 45.6 | 44.9 | 43.2 | 38.6 |
| No. | 2000 | 2000 | 2022 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 4006 | 2400 |
| Age group, y, % | ||||||||
| 20–29 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 13.9 | 21.9 | 26.7 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.6 |
| 30–39 | 21.6 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 20.1 | 19.3 | 16.4 |
| 40–49 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 20.9 | 17.9 |
| 50–59 | 11.1 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 15.5 |
| ≥60 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 26.0 | 27.9 | 35.5 |
| No. aged ≥20 | 1940 | 1922 | 1975 | 1890 | 1899 | 1945 | 3828 | 2324 |
| No. aged 18–19 | 60 | 78 | 47 | 110 | 101 | 55 | 178 | 76 |
| Interview location, % | ||||||||
| State/regional capital | 44.0 | 33.9 | 41.4 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 30.4 | 35.7 | 31.5 |
| Other city/small town | 17.0 | 34.8 | 15.6 | 25.4 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 37.1 | 36.4 |
| Village | 39.0 | 31.4 | 43.0 | 47.6 | 59.0 | 58.1 | 27.3 | 32.1 |
| No. | 2000 | 2000 | 2022 | 1850 | 2000 | 2000 | 4006 | 2400 |
| Reported nationality, % | ||||||||
| Nationality of countrya | 97.3 | 80.1 | 90.2 | 36.3 | 68.6 | 76.7 | 82.4 | 77.7 |
| Russian | 0.8 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 41.5 | 18.0 | 7.7 | . . . | 16.5 |
| Other | 1.9 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 22.1 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 17.6 | 5.8 |
| No. | 2000 | 1979 | 2021 | 1979 | 1997 | 1980 | 3967 | 2371 |
| Education, % | ||||||||
| Secondary education or less | 49.1 | 49.4 | 33.8 | 35.7 | 48.3 | 52.2 | 43.2 | 44.2 |
| Secondary vocational or some college | 30.4 | 34.2 | 32.7 | 43.5 | 32.7 | 32.7 | 35.7 | 36.1 |
| College | 20.5 | 16.4 | 33.6 | 20.8 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 19.7 |
| No. | 1996 | 1984 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1984 | 4004 | 2381 |
| Country datab | ||||||||
| Midyear population, 2001, thousands | 3788 | 9971 | 5238 | 14821 | 4927 | 4254 | 144387 | 49111 |
| Gross national product per capita, 2001, $ | 560 | 1190 | 620 | 1360 | 280 | 380 | 1750 | 720 |
| Men aged ≥20 y, 2000, % | 47.5 | 45.4 | 46.4 | 46.6 | 47.9 | 46.3 | 45.3 | 44.8 |
| Urban population, 2001, % | 67.3 | 69.6 | 56.5 | 55.9 | 34.4 | 41.7 | 72.9 | 68.0 |
| Age group, y, % of total ≥20 | ||||||||
| 20–29 | 23.2 | 19.3 | 20.6 | 26.0 | 30.5 | 23.1 | 19.6 | 19.4 |
| 30–39 | 24.2 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 23.7 | 24.7 | 20.3 | 19.6 | 19.0 |
| 40–49 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 21.4 | 19.6 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 19.8 |
| 50–59 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 14.2 |
| ≥60 | 19.7 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 18.0 | 16.2 | 20.3 | 25.1 | 27.6 |
| Unemployment rate, %c | 11.7 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 5.8 |
| Tobacco industry state owned (SO) or privatized (P) | P | SO | P | P | P | SO | P | P |
| Foreign direct investment in tobacco industry, end of 2000, $ millionsd | 8 | 0 | 0 | 440 | . . . | 0 | 1719 | 152.9 |
| Foreign direct investment in tobacco industry per capita × 1000d | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.030 | . . . | 0.000 | 0.012 | 0.003 |
Note. AR = Armenia; BY = Belarus; GE = Georgia; KZ = Kazakhstan; KG = Kyrgyzstan; MD = Moldova; RU = Russia; UA = Ukraine.
aMean Armenians in Armenia, Belarussians in Belarus, Georgians in Georgia, Kazakhs in Kazakhstan, Kirghiz in Kyrgyzstan, Moldovans/Romanians in Moldova, Russians in Russia, and Ukrainians in Ukraine.
bData sources were European Health for All Database, January 2003; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.
cIn 1999 for Russia, 2000 for Armenia and Ukraine, and 2001 for the other countries.
dData from Gilmore and McKee21; these are minimum investment figures.