Table 1.
Demographic and health characteristics of participants
| Rural | Urban | |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n = 13 | n = 12 |
| n | n | |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 2 | 1 |
| Widowed | 8 | 10 |
| Divorced | 2 | |
| Never Married | 1 | 1 |
| Manage on Income | ||
| No difficulty | 11 | 11 |
| Some difficulty | 2 | 1 |
| Education* | ||
| Lower | 4 | 4 |
| Middle | 4 | 3 |
| Higher | 3 | 6 |
| Health | ||
| Very Good | 1 | 4 |
| Good | 6 | 7 |
| Fair | 6 | 1 |
| Chronic conditions | ||
| Arthritis | 1 | 3 |
| Osteoporosis | 3 | 4 |
| Macular Degeneration | 4 | 4 |
| Glaucoma | 3 | 1 |
| Cataract | 3 | 6 |
| Heart Disease | 3 | 2 |
| Hypertension | 8 | 7 |
| Skin Cancer | 4 | 4 |
*Lower (no school or some primary school), Middle (some high school), Higher (trade or tertiary qualification)