Table 2.

Distribution of the study population by demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors for males and females

Variable	Males (n = 1284, 32.1 %)		Females (n = 2719, 67.9 %)
	N-	%	N-	%
Age
25–34	537	41.8	919	33.8
35–44	320	24.9	666	24.5
45–54	182	14.2	623	22.9
55–64	245	19.1	511	18.8
Education
Primary or less	517	40.3	1426	52.4
Secondary	468	36.4	928	34.1
Tertiary or higher	299	23.3	365	13.4
Type of employment
Government employee	365	28.4	339	12.4
Non-government employees	282	22.0	599	22.0
Self-employed	169	13.2	280	10.3
Unpaid workers	467	36.4	1501	55.2
Do you currently smoke any tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars?
Yes	425	33.1	239	8.8
No	859	66.9	2480	91.2
Hazardous drinking
Yesa	660	48.4	464	17.1
No	664	51.6	2255	82.9
Do you do any moderate-intensity sports, physical fitness or recreational activities that cause small increases in breathing?
Yes	344	26.8	125	4.6
No	940	73.2	2594	95.4
In a typical week on how many days do you eat vegetables?
None	126	9.7	245	9.0
One/more days	1158	90.3	2474	91.0
Obesity
Yes	78	6.0	660	24.1
No	1206	94	2059	75.9

^aAll alcohol consumers were hazardous drinkers for both males and females