Table 1.
Characteristics of Thai cohort member, 2009
| Cohort characteristics (N = 60,569) | Proportion (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Males | Females | |
| Demographic attributes | 45.3 | 54.8 | |
| 20–29 years | 27.4 | 20.0 | 33.5 |
| 30–44 years | 56.8 | 58.7 | 55.4 |
| 45+ years | 15.7 | 21.4 | 11.1 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 55.3 | 62.3 | 49.4 |
| Never married | 37.9 | 32.4 | 42.5 |
| Separated, divorced, widowed | 6.8 | 5.3 | 8.1 |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| Household monthly income (Baht) a | |||
| <10,000 | 21.2 | 20.6 | 21.7 |
| 10,000–19,999 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 24.0 |
| 20,000–30,000 | 21.3 | 22.4 | 20.4 |
| >30,000 | 33.9 | 33.9 | 33.9 |
| Work status | |||
| Doing paid work | 81.9 | 81.1 | 82.5 |
| Unpaid family workers | 14.6 | 11.9 | 16.8 |
| Seeking work | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Unable to work due to illness or disability | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Geographical residence | |||
| Rural | 43.0 | 46.1 | 42.3 |
| Urban | 54.7 | 53.9 | 57.7 |
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1 $US ~ 35 Thai Baht