Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic factors, by gender, 20–49 y. in Greater Tunis

	Women (n = 1651)	Men (n = 894)
	%a	%a
Area	P b = 0.47
Urban	92.1	92.5
Rural	7.9	7.5
Governorates	P b = 0.84
Tunis	39.5	39.2
Ariana	23.0	21.4
Ben Arous	22.9	24.1
Manouba	14.6	15.3
Age (years)	P b = 0.54
20–29	38.6	41.2
30–39	33.0	32.3
40–49	28.4	27.5
Marital status	P b = 0.16
Married	60.8	57.0
Other	39.2	43.0
Household size	P b = 0.31
1–3	7.8	9.3
4–5	51.1	51.9
6 or more	41.1	38.8
Education	P b < 0.0001
No formal schooling	8.8	3.2
Primary school	33.8	33.2
Secondary	35.2	46.4
University	22.2	17.2
Professional activity	P b < 0.0001
Upper/intermediate	9.9	28.0
Employee/worker	22.5	54.4
Not working/retired	53.3	6.7
Student	14.3	10.9
Household welfare proxy	P b = 0.79
Lower tertile	33.2	31.9
Intermediate tertile	34.3	35.8
Upper tertile	32.5	32.3

^aWeighted mean (accounting for unequal probabilities of selection and differential response rates)

^bP value for women vs. men (chi-square test taking into account sampling design)