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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2007 Oct 29;66(1):57–71. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.032

Table 1.

Percent distributions by gender

Total
(N=1011)
Men
(N=416)
Women
(N=595)
χ2
Age
 - 60-64 31.9% 32.5% 31.5% 1.8
 - 65-69 26.6 28.4 25.3
 - 70-74 21.4 20.2 22.3
 - 75+ 20.1 19.0 20.8
Marital status
 - Married 51.8% 81.0% 31.4% 247.9*
 - Widowed 44.4 16.3 63.0
 - Separated/divorced 2.9 2.6 3.0
 - Never married 0.9 0.0 1.5
Ethnicity
 % Khmera 89.5% 89.9% 89.3% 0.1
Religion
 - Buddhistb 95.1% 94.2% 95.8% 1.3
Schooling
 - None 58.2% 25.5% 81.0% 310.1*
 - Primary/pagoda 34.6 60.7 16.3
 - More than primary 7.2 13.7 2.7
Labor force participation
 - Worked last year 38.2% 49.6% 30.3% 38.9*
Occupation most of life
 - Agriculture 78.4% 80.7% 76.8% 24.6*
 - Other 18.2 19.3 17.5
 - Never worked 3.4 0.0 5.7
Living arrangement
 - Lives with 1+ offspring 78.7% 83.9% 75.1% 11.1*
Household size
 - 1 3.6% 1.0% 5.4% 20.7*
 - 2 10.7 8.9 11.9
 - 3-5 39.9 45.2 36.1
 - 6+ 45.9 45.0 46.6
*

p < .05

a

Others=Cham, Chinese, Vietnamese

b

Others=Christian, Islam, Non-stated