Table 1. Area of residence and socio-economic factors among 35–70 year old Algerian and Tunisian adults, by gender.

	Algeria (n = 4746)				Tunisia (n = 5343)
	%a				%a
	Women	Men	W vs. Mb	Women		Men	W vs. Mb
Area	n = 2742	n = 2004		n = 2964		n = 2379
Urban	65.5	61.1	P = 0.18	66.6		68.3	P = 0.32
Rural	34.5	38.9		33.4		31.7
Age	n = 2742	n = 2004		n = 2964		n = 2379
35–44 y.	35.7	32.3		42.4		42.8
45–54 y.	31.8	28.4	P = 0.0028	31.6		30.7	P = 0.86
55–70 y.	32.5	39.3		26.0		26.5
Marital status	n = 2741	n = 2003		n = 2963		n = 2366
Single	5.1	4.9		4.8		2.5
Married	77.6	92.9	P<0.0001	81.0		94.2	<0.0001
Divorced/widowed	17.3	2.2		14.2		3.3
Education	n = 2738	n = 2000		n = 2963		n = 2378
No formal schooling	53.5	32.4		48.9		20.6
Primary school	24.8	31.4	P<0.0001	31.7		38.4	P<0.0001
Secondary or more	21.7	36.2		19.4		41.0
Professional activity	n = 2734	n = 1998		n = 2963		n = 2378
Not working/retired	89.9	38.3		76.2		18.7
Employee/worker	5.2	38.9	P<0.0001	15.9		56.8	P<0.0001
Upper/Intermediate	4.9	22.8		7.9		24.5
Household welfare index c	n = 2691	n = 1964		n = 2805		n = 2254
First quintile	17.5	21.1		21.6		19.0
Second quintile	18.7	21.5		21.1		18.6
Third quintile	19.4	20.0	P = 0.018	20.4		20.0	P = 0.012
Fourth quintile	23.8	21.1		17.7		21.3
Fifth quintile	20.6	16.3		19.2		21.2

^aWeighted proportions.

^bNull hypothesis of identical distribution in women vs. men (P-value adjusted for sampling design).

^cAsset-based household welfare index: increasing welfare from 1^st to 5^th quintile.