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. 2017 Dec 29;10:11–24. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S144828

Table 1.

Trends in sociodemographic characteristics in Indonesia (1986–2012)

Sociodemographic characteristics 1986–1989
(N=11,929)
1990–1993
(N=23,517)
1994–1997
(N=15,983)
1998–2001
(N=12,837)
2002–2005
(N=15,684)
2006–2009
(N=15,226)
2010–2012
(N=9,044)
P-value
Maternal education <0.001
 No education 15.3 11.8 8.9 4.9 4.0 2.3 2.2
 Primary 63.7 60.7 57.6 48.6 43.2 35.5 30.5
 Secondary 19.0 24.9 29.9 40.5 45.5 51.5 54.4
 Higher 2.0 2.6 3.6 6.0 7.4 10.7 12.9
Paternal education <0.001
 No education 9.8 7.6 5.5 3.3 3.1 2.3 1.4
 Primary 61.0 57.4 53.4 46.4 40.3 34.2 31.5
 Secondary 25.4 30.4 35.8 42.7 47.7 52.9 55.1
 Higher 3.9 4.7 5.3 7.6 8.9 10.7 12.0
Area of residence <0.001
 Java and Bali 56.1 56.5 57.1 56.4 54.9 54.5 55.1
 Sumatera 24.4 23.3 22.8 23.8 22.2 22.9 22.7
 Nusa Tenggara 4.8 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.3 4.8
 Kalimantan 5.6 5.6 5.6 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.3
Sulawesi 6.6 7.2 6.9 8.5 9.0 7.9 7.8
 Maluku and Papua 2.4 2.1 2.2 0.0 2.1 3.1 3.4
Place of residence <0.001
 Urban 29.1 26.9 28.0 46.2 42.6 47.1 48.8
 Rural 70.9 73.1 72.1 53.8 57.4 53.0 51.2
Age group of the mother (years) <0.001
 10–19 2.3 4.2 6.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 5.2
 20–29 53.1 52.8 53.5 50.8 48.2 47.0 51.7
 30–39 37.3 36.0 34.3 38.3 40.8 41.4 37.3
 40–49 7.4 6.9 5.8 8.1 8.2 8.9 5.8
Religion <0.001
 Islam 87.6 87.7 88.3 89.3 86.7 85.7 0.0
 Others 12.4 12.3 11.7 10.7 13.3 14.3 0.0
Birth order <0.001
 1 15.8 22.5 28.2 27.7 27.4 30.8 37.6
 2 25.8 25.0 26.3 30.0 30.6 32.5 32.3
 3 18.6 18.0 17.1 19.2 19.6 18.0 16.2
 4 14.0 11.7 10.5 9.0 9.6 9.0 6.8
 5 9.6 8.0 6.5 5.3 5.5 4.5 3.4
 ≥6 16.2 14.8 11.4 8.7 7.3 5.2 3.7
Asset quintiles <0.001
 Poorest 21.46 16.06 13.71 15.85 16.1 15.45 15.05
 Poor 21.79 21.96 19.77 19.85 20.3 18.6 19.04
 Middle 19.58 20.07 21.33 21.42 20.53 22.77 24.7
 Rich 22.4 22.98 26.11 23.97 22.52 20.98 19.31
 Richest 14.77 18.92 19.07 18.92 20.56 22.19 21.9