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. 2013 Apr;24(3):52–57. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-081

Table 1. Characteristics Of The Study Participants.

Male Female
Total n % n %
Gender* 528 297 45.5 231 54.5
Age (years)
25–34 179 98 34.0 81 35.1
35–44 118 63 21.9 55 23.9
45–54 104 57 19.9 47 20.2
55–64 57 36 12.8 21 9.3
> 64 60 33 11.5 27 11.5
Education
None 112 41 14.1 71 30.9
Primary school 243 129 45.1 114 49.7
Secondary school (O level) 113 82 28.3 31 13.5
Secondary school (A level) 27 18 6.4 9 3.9
University/college 23 17 6.1 6 2.0
Occupation
Peasant 326 159 55.6 167 72.2
Trader 20 11 3.7 9 3.9
Teacher 28 22 7.4 6 2.5
Housewife/homemaker 10 0 0 10 4.49
Other 80 66 23.3 14 6.2
None 54 29 10.1 25 10.7
Marital status
Married 411 244 84.9 167 71.9
Separated 38 17 6.1 21 9.3
Widowed 39 8 2.4 31 13.5
Never married 30 18 6.7 12 5.3

*Percentage is by column for gender only. The rest of the variables are by rows.