. 2014 Nov 5;24(6):484–493. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140063

Table 1. Distribution of major demographic, behavioural, and physical characteristics of cohort members by life-course urbanization status and sex^a .

Cohort member attributes		Totals (%)	Distribution of urbanization categories by sex (%)^b

			Males				Females

			RRR	RRU	RUU	UUU	RRR	RRU	RUU	UUU
		n = 51 936	(n = 9519)	(n = 2567)	(n = 6837)	(n = 4419)	(n = 10 725)	(n = 3202)	(n = 8004)	(n = 6663)
Birth year	–1959	7.27	9.31	5.73	12.84	13.69	2.50	2.12	4.70	8.21
	1960–1969	24.14	27.07	22.67	31.4	28.02	18.14	15.24	23.24	25.48
	1970–1979	43.68	44.50	46.28	42.75	40.37	43.29	44.78	47.04	40.70
	1980–	24.92	19.12	25.32	13.00	17.92	36.07	37.85	25.02	25.60

Income (Baht)	≤7000	18.17	23.83	11.96	6.82	13.33	28.90	16.71	14.57	15.13
	7001–10 000	22.05	18.95	20.92	14.33	14.08	31.13	28.98	24.71	18.94
	10 001–20 000	35.15	36.81	42.58	43.26	31.89	25.92	36.66	38.34	34.01
	≥20 001	22.41	18.46	22.79	34.08	38.56	11.47	15.33	19.94	29.19

Health service access	Public services only	37.57	49.57	40.94	36.67	29.85	43.38	33.76	28.84	28.13
	Private services	39.65	26.52	32.92	37.11	41.68	38.18	44.82	49.74	50.01
	Others	22.78	23.91	26.14	26.22	28.47	18.43	21.42	21.43	21.87

Health insurance coverage	30 Baht scheme^c	12.66	19.29	10.60	4.87	9.44	20.35	12.77	6.41	9.20
	Civil servant scheme	27.68	33.32	32.49	37.19	27.31	23.16	21.99	23.39	23.43
	Others	59.66	47.39	56.91	57.93	63.25	56.48	65.24	70.20	67.37

Smoking	Never	76.05	52.72	55.24	52.07	51.53	96.38	95.94	95.26	92.93
	Ex-smoker	8.51	18.15	17.02	17.22	20.16	0.28	0.47	0.57	1.47
	Current smoker	13.87	27.72	26.18	29.24	27.06	1.43	2.34	2.44	4.13

Alcohol consumption	Non-drinker	69.09	45.27	44.88	46.03	55.80	86.75	87.07	86.36	87.12
	Light drinker	14.88	26.59	25.67	24.35	18.31	7.04	7.21	7.42	7.29
	Moderate/heavy drinker	11.71	23.15	24.78	24.92	22.61	1.38	2.34	1.94	2.42

Weekly physical activity	<7 sessions	16.13	9.99	12.43	12.49	16.41	18.00	20.71	18.33	22.03
Weekly physical activity	≥7 sessions	81.17	87.17	84.50	83.93	80.92	79.58	76.89	79.01	75.87

BMI	<18.5	9.50	4.29	3.47	2.74	4.12	14.55	16.96	13.78	12.97
	18.5–22.9	49.34	44.06	44.68	39.05	35.96	56.73	56.28	58.06	52.39
	23.0–24.9	18.54	24.08	25.87	25.99	23.85	13.59	12.21	13.82	13.30
	≥25.0	22.62	26.21	25.05	30.91	35.14	14.36	13.65	13.67	20.68

Family history of hypertension	No	94.60	94.60	94.23	94.15	91.72	95.89	96.10	95.39	93.40
Family history of hypertension	Yes	5.40	5.40	5.77	5.85	8.28	4.11	3.90	4.61	6.60

^aBased on place of residence at three time markers in the life-course: age 10–12 years, in 2005, and in 2009. Each marker is coded as U (urban) or R (rural).

^bFor each tabulated cohort member attribute, the urbanization-sex categories may not add up to 100% due to missing data.

^c‘30 Baht scheme’ is the name given to the comprehensive universal health insurance available to Thai citizens since 2001.

Table 1. Distribution of major demographic, behavioural, and physical characteristics of cohort members by life-course urbanization status and sexa .

Table 1. Distribution of major demographic, behavioural, and physical characteristics of cohort members by life-course urbanization status and sex^a .