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. 2012 Apr 18;11:27. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-27

Table 1.

Frequency distribution and socio-demographic characteristics of the participants stratified by region and in total

  Region
 
I II III IV V VI Total
Gender[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male
64 (7)
53 (17)
67 (20)
34 (11)
48 (15)
50 (22)
51 (92)
Female
36 (4)
47 (15)
33 (10)
66 (21)
52 (16)
50 (22)
49 (88)
Age (years)[b]
57 ± 8
53 ± 15
59 ± 12
47 ± 14
52 ± 15
54 ± 16
54 ± 16
Current smoking habit[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
27 (3)
16 (5)
17 (5)
16 (5)
6 (2)
61 (27)
26 (47)
No
73 (8)
84 (27)
83 (25)
84 (27)
94 (29)
39 (17)
74 (133)
Childhood living environment[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Countryside
18 (2)
47 (2)
37 (15)
38 (11)
48 (12)
39 (15)
40 (72)
Village
36 (4)
34 (11)
23 (7)
41 (13)
26 (8)
30 (13)
31 (56)
Town or city
45 (5)
19 (6)
40 (12)
22 (7)
26 (8)
32 (14)
29 (52)
Years living in the area[b]
19 ± 14
31 ± 19
31 ± 20
26 ± 19
27 ± 19
31 ± 20
29 ± 19
Children living in the household[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No children
91 (10)
69 (22)
80 (24)
56 (18)
55 (17)
61 (27)
66 (118)
A least one child <2 years old
9 (1)
3 (1)
3 (1)
16 (5)
19 (6)
5 (2)
9 (16)
A least one child 2–10 years old
0 (0)
13 (4)
7 (2)
22 (7)
6 (2)
18 (8)
13 (23)
A least one child 11–18 years old
0 (0)
16 (5)
10 (3)
6 (2)
19 (6)
16 (7)
13 (23)
Time spent at home (h/wk)[b]
129 ± 30
114 ± 31
124 ± 38
114 ± 33
110 ± 33
109 ± 48
115 ± 38
Current job[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agriculture related
0 (0)
6 (2)
3 (1)
3 (1)
6 (2)
7 (3)
5 (9)
Not-agriculture related 100 (11) 94 (30) 97 (29) 97 (31) 94 (29) 93 (41) 95 (171)

[a]% (number of respondents).

[b] mean ± standard deviation.