Table 1.
Sociodemographic Variables
| Categorical Variable (%)*† | Urban n | >Rural n |
| Total Population | 2,907 (36.5%) | 5,233 (63.5%) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1,305 (44.9%) | 2,243 (42.9%) |
| Education | ||
| No Education | 762 (26.2%) | 2,292 (43.8%) |
| Primary (1-5 years) | 481 (16.6%) | 1,423 (27.2%) |
| Secondary (6-10 years) | 933 (32.1%) | 1,269 (24.3%) |
| Higher Secondary Education (11-12 years) | 294 (10.1%) | 153 (2.9%) |
| Higher Education (>12 years) | 437 (15.0%) | 96 (1.8%) |
| Poverty‡ | ||
| Most poor | 265 (9.1%) | 568 (11.0%) |
| More poor | 323 (11.1%) | 768 (14.8%) |
| Middle | 468 (16.1%) | 980 (18.9%) |
| Less poor | 691 (23.8%) | 1,200 (23.1%) |
| Least poor | 1,160 (39.9%) | 1,669 (32.2%) |
| Continuous Variable M (SD) | ||
| Age | 43.9 (12.1) | 51.5 (14.3) |
| Education | 6.9 (5.1) | 3.6 (3.9) |
M- Mean SD-Standard Deviation
* P value < 0.05 considered statistically significant, all values were statistically significant
†Denominator value is respondent not disease
‡ Poverty quintiles identify the proportion of those self reporting a chronic disease by the which poverty quintile they belonged to. Poverty quintiles are representative of the overall population of study respondents (32,665)