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. 2018 May 30;13(5):e0198119. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198119

Table 1. UAE Healthy Future Study pilot demographics.

Male % Female % Total
330 67.8 157 32.2 487
Age (mean±SD) 32.6±10.7 30.2±9.9 31.8±10.5
Marital statusa
Single 106 32.1 80 51.0 186
Married 195 59.1 56 35.7 251
Divorced 10 3.0 12 7.6 22
Widowed 0 0.0 3 1.9 3
Educationa
Less Primary 48 14.5 6 3.8 54
Secondary 131 39.7 69 43.9 200
≥ University 118 35.8 72 45.9 190
Other 14 4.2 4 2.5 18
Incomea
Less 20K 51 15.5 26 16.6 77
20-39K 78 23.6 33 21.0 111
40-59K 28 8.5 8 5.1 36
60-79K 16 4.8 4 2.5 20
80-99K 13 3.9 5 3.2 18
100K+ 19 5.8 9 5.7 28
Employmenta
Paid/self employed 162 49.1 62 39.5 224
Working in home 41 12.4 22 14.0 63
Retired 12 3.6 1 0.6 13
Student 22 6.7 22 14.0 44
Unemployed 10 3.0 16 10.2 26
Other 64 19.4 28 17.8 92
Smoking Statusb
Non-smoker 213 64.5 152 96.8 365
Cigarette smoker 77 23.3 3 1.9 80
Midwakh smoker 51 15.5 1 0.6 52
Shisha smoker 41 12.4 2 1.3 43
Smoke exposure in homeb
None 257 77.9 98 62.4 355
Cigarette smoke 13 3.9 24 15.3 37
Midwakh smoke 16 4.8 18 11.5 34
Shisha smoke 5 1.5 11 7.0 16

a Percentages may not equal 100% due to missing values,

b Column totals and percentages may double count individuals who are multi-users of tobacco