Table 1.
Comparisons of Thai population, STOU student body and TCS cohort members in 2005
| Attribute | Distribution (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thai population | STOU | TCS cohort |
||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 49.5 | 46.8 | 45.3 | |
| Female | 50.5 | 53.2 | 54.7 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| <21 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 6.2 | |
| 21-30 | 23.9 | 56.2 | 51.5 | |
| 31-40 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 29.3 | |
| 41-50 | 17.5 | 6.7 | 11.0 | |
| 50+ | 24.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Overall population | ||||
| Married (age groups) | 63.1 | 30.3 | 43.4 | |
| 20-30 | 49.1 | 26.2 | ||
| 31-40 | 79.7 | 67.5 | ||
| 41-50 | 81.6 | 77.7 | ||
| 50+ | 86.3 | 80.6 | ||
| Divorced/widowed | 9.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| Education | ||||
| Lower than junior high school | 56.6 | |||
| Junior to high school | 30.9 | 44.9 | 48.9 | |
| Diploma | 3.7 | 32.7 | 27.0 | |
| University | 8.4 | 22.4 | 24.2 | |
| Monthly income (Baht/month) | ||||
| No income/ not report | 41.6 | |||
| ≤ 3,000 | 18.9 | 14.7 | 11.0 | ≤3,000 |
| 3,001-6,000 | 19.7 | 23.9 | 30.9 | 3,001-7,000 |
| 6,001-9,000 | 7.6 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 7,001-10,000 |
| 9,001-12,000 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 24.2 | 10,001-20,000 |
| ≥12,001 | 8.2 | 23.1 | 10.5 | ≥20,001 |
| Geographic residence | ||||
| Bangkok and Central* | 37.1 | 40.8 | 41.4 | |
| Bangkok | 13.5 | 30.7 | 17.1 | |
| Central (not Bangkok) | 23.6 | 10.1 | 24.3 | |
| North | 18.6 | 18.1 | 18.1 | |
| East and Northeast | 32.0 | 25.7 | 26.8 | |
| South | 12.3 | 15.1 | 13.0 | |
*
Bangkok includes up to 5 provinces and definitions varied for the 3 data sources hence Bangkok and Central are best evaluated as a combined figure.