Table 1.
Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics by geographic setting.
| Total (N = 3135) n (%) |
Rural (N = 2430) n (%) |
Urban (N = 705) n (%) |
P a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | .030 | |||
| 18 to <40 | 930 (29.7) | 751 (30.9) | 179 (25.4) | |
| 40 to <50 | 911 (29.1) | 700 (28.8) | 211 (29.9) | |
| 50 to <60 | 795 (25.4) | 596 (24.5) | 199 (28.2) | |
| ≥60 | 499 (15.9) | 383 (15.8) | 116 (16.5) | |
| Gender | .329 | |||
| Female | 2330 (74.3) | 1816 (74.7) | 514 (72.9) | |
| Male | 805 (25.7) | 614 (25.3) | 191 (27.1) | |
| Education status | .139 | |||
| <High school | 449 (15.2) | 327 (14.4) | 122 (17.9) | |
| High school graduate | 641 (21.7) | 501 (22.0) | 140 (20.5) | |
| Some college | 1330 (45.0) | 1025 (45.1) | 305 (44.7) | |
| ≥College graduate | 538 (18.2) | 422 (18.5) | 116 (17.0) | |
| Employment status | <.001 | |||
| Employed | 2091 (71.2) | 1732 (76.6) | 359 (53.0) | |
| Retired | 205 (7.0) | 148 (6.5) | 57 (8.4) | |
| Unemployed/student | 642 (21.9) | 381 (16.9) | 261 (38.6) | |
| Marital status | <.001 | |||
| Married or live together | 1532 (57.9) | 1251 (61.2) | 281 (46.6) | |
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 666 (25.2) | 474 (23.2) | 192 (31.8) | |
| Never married | 450 (17.0) | 320 (15.6) | 130 (21.6) | |
| Annual household income | <.001 | |||
| <15 k | 539 (21.4) | 355 (18.5) | 184 (30.8) | |
| 15 to <30 k | 551 (21.9) | 431 (22.5) | 120 (20.1) | |
| 30 to <50 k | 721 (28.6) | 566 (29.5) | 155 (25.9) | |
| ≥50k | 706 (28.0) | 567 (29.5) | 139 (3.2) |
a
P-values for χ2 tests comparing rural and urban participants in their proportion of each category for each variable.