Table 1.
Characteristics of participants who were included and who were not in the current study, by gender
| Characteristic | Total n=2425 |
In validation n=300 |
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| Total (2425) | Male (1176) | Female (1249) | Total (300) | Male (143) | Female (153) | |
| Age groups (in years) | ||||||
| 18–59 | 1278 (52.7) | 603 (51.3) | 675 (54.0) | 172 (57.3) | 73 (51.0) | 99 (63.1) |
| 60–90 | 1147 (47.3) | 573 (48.7) | 574 (46.0) | 128 (42.7) | 70 (49.0) | 58 (36.9) |
| Education | ||||||
| No education | 671 (27.7) | 289 (24.6) | 382 (30.6) | 76 (25.3) | 37 (25.9) | 39 (24.8) |
| Primary (1–5) | 946 (39.0) | 447 (38.0) | 499 (40.0) | 124 (41.3) | 58 (40.6) | 66 (42.0) |
| Secondary (6–9) | 327 (13.5) | 146 (12.4) | 181 (14.5) | 38 (12.7) | 13 (9.1) | 25 (15.9) |
| SSC or HSC pass (10–12) | 385 (15.9) | 224 (19.0) | 161 (12.9) | 50 (16.7) | 26 (18.2) | 24 (15.3) |
| Degree or equivalent (13–16) | 96 (4.0) | 70 (6.0) | 26 (2.1) | 12 (4.0) | 9 (6.3) | 3 (1.9) |
HSC, Higher Secondary Certificate; SSC, Secondary School Certificate.