Table 1.
Participant demographics in Bangladesh and Fiji
| Socio-demographics | Bangladesh | Fiji | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample N = 1855 n (%) | Cases N = 195 n (%) | Controls N = 195 n (%) | P* | Cases N = 101 n (%) |
Controls N = 101 n (%) | P* | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) years | 38.6 ± 16.2 | 50.0 ± 17.19 | 51.5 ± 18.5 | 0.411 | 44.2 ± 15.3 | 44.1 ± 15.8 | 0.763 | |
| Gender | Male | 763 (41.1) | 83 (42.6) | 83 (42.6) | 1.000 | 54 (53.5) | 45 (44.6) | 0.354 |
| Female | 1092 (58.9) | 112 (57.4) | 112 (57.4) | 47 (46.5) | 53 (52.5) | |||
| Education | None | 679 (36.6) | 99 (50.8) | 92 (47.2) | 0.898 | 19 (18.8) | 3 (3.0) | 0.004 |
| 1-4 years | 372 (20.1) | 42 (21.5) | 43 (22.1) | 12 (11.9) | 7 (6.9) | |||
| 5-9 years | 588 (31.7) | 40 (20.5) | 44 (22.6) | 27 (26.7) | 26 (25.7) | |||
| ≥10 years | 216 (11.6) | 14 (7.2) | 16 (8.2) | 29 (28.7) | 48 (47.5) | |||
| Occupation | Unemployed | 128 (6.9) | 51 (26.6) | 17 (8.9) | <0.001 | 34 (33.7) | 13 (12.9) | <0.001 |
| Farmer | 343 (18.5) | 26 (13.5) | 46 (24.1) | 12 (11.9) | 9 (8.9) | |||
| Labourer | 231 (12.5) | 22 (11.5) | 24 (12.6) | 7 (6.9) | 16 (15.8) | |||
| Homemaker | 966 (52.1) | 84 (43.8) | 97 (50.8) | 24 (23.8) | 26 (25.7) | |||
| Other | 113 (6.1) | 9 (4.7) | 7 (3.7) | 20 (19.8) | 36 (35.6) | |||
| Socio-economic status | Rich | 367 (19.8) | 30 (15.4) | 29 (14.9) | 0.803 | - | - | |
| Middle | 740 (39.9) | 56 (28.7) | 62 (31.8) | - | - | |||
| Poor | 747 (40.3) | 109 (55.9) | 104 (53.3) | - | - | |||
*From paired sample t test (continuous variables) or generalised estimating equations models (categorical variables), comparing people with disability and their matched controls.