Table 1.

Selected characteristics of the study sample by survey year and overall

Characteristic		2010		2011		2012		Overall
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	286	51.8	337	50.8	233	53.8	856	51.9
	Female	266	48.2	327	49.2	200	46.2	793	48.1
Age	0 - 4 yrs	249	45.0	343	51.3	210	48.5	802	48.5
	5 – 14 yrs	129	23.3	124	18.6	96	22.2	349	21.1
	15+ yrs	175	31.7	201	30.1	127	29.3	503	30.4
Region	Southern	152	27.5	151	22.6	151	34.9	454	27.5
	Highlands	141	25.5	136	20.4	83	19.2	360	21.8
	Momase	146	26.4	198	29.6	127	29.3	471	28.5
	Islands	114	20.6	183	27.4	72	16.6	369	22.3