Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics
| General population sample | SSS population sample | Significance of the differences between the samples | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Years | N = 320 | N = 320 | ||
| Median | 50 | 31 | .001b | ||
| Mean | 50 | 33 | |||
| SD | 15 | 11 | |||
| Gender | N = 320 | N = 320 | |||
| Male | N (%) | 133 (41.6%) | 107 (33.4%) | .034a | |
| Female | N (%) | 187 (58.4%) | 213 (66.6%) | ||
| Occupation | N = 320 | N = 320 | |||
| Public | N (%) | 12 (3.8%) | 80 (25%) | ||
| Private | N (%) | 24 (7.5%) | 240 (75%) | ||
| Self-employed | N (%) | 98 (30.5%) | – | ||
| Family Business | N (%) | 37 (11.6%) | – | ||
| Pension | N (%) | 29 (9.1%) | – | ||
| Students | N (%) | 4 (1.3%) | – | ||
| Unemployed | N (%) | 106 (33.1%) | – | ||
| Other | N (%) | 10 (3.1%) | – | ||
| Education | N = 320 | N = 320 | |||
| Illiterate | N (%) | 5 (1.6%) | 2 (0.6%) | .445b | |
| Primary School | N (%) | 36 (11.3%) | 18 (5.6%) | ||
| Middle School | N (%) | 62 (19.4%) | 61 (19.1%) | ||
| High School | N (%) | 114 (35.6%) | 109 (34%) | ||
| Graduate and Higher degree | N (%) | 98 (30.5%) | 124 (38.8%) | ||
| Other | N (%) | 5 (1.6%) | 6 (1.9%) | ||
| Civil Status | N = 320 | N = 320 | |||
| Single | N (%) | 48 (15%) | 166 (51.8%) | ||
| Married | N (%) | 230 (71.9%) | 144 (45.1%) | ||
| Living with a partner without marriage | N (%) | – | 3 (0.9%) | ||
| Separated | N (%) | 3 (0.9%) | 3 (0.9%) | ||
| Divorced | N (%) | 4 (1.3%) | – | ||
| Widow | N (%) | 34 (10.6%) | 4 (1.3%) | ||
| No answer | N (%) | 1 (0.3%) | – | ||
| Self-reported health status | N = 320 | N = 320 | |||
| Very poor | N (%) | 5 (1.6%) | 2 (0.6%) | .767b | |
| Poor | N (%) | 32 (10.0%) | 30 (9.4%) | ||
| Moderate | N (%) | 105 (32.8%) | 121 (37.8%) | ||
| Good | N (%) | 166 (51.8%) | 149 (46.6%) | ||
| Very good | N (%) | 12 (3.8%) | 18 (5.6%) | ||
| Adult persons in the households | Number of person | N = 319 | N = 320 | ||
| Median | 3 | 3 | .300b | ||
| Mean | 4 | 4 | |||
| SD | 2 | 2 | |||
| Under 18 years in the households | Number of person | N = 249 | N = 314 | ||
| Median | 1 | 1 | .608b | ||
| Mean | 1 | 1 | |||
| SD | 1 | 1 | |||
| Average household income per month | Amount (MMK)c | N = 314 | N = 320 | ||
| Median | 300,000 | 300,000 | .001b | ||
| Mean | 434,698 | 335,073 | |||
| SD | 477,764 | 201,507 | |||
| Level of income after household expenditure | N = 320 | N = 320 | |||
| Savings | N (%) | 12 (3.8%) | 9 (2.8%) | .189b | |
| Save a little | N (%) | 48 (15%) | 101 (31.5%) | ||
| Meet the expenses | N (%) | 219 (68.4%) | 173 (54.1%) | ||
| Not sufficient/need to use saving | N (%) | 10 (3.1%) | 6 (1.9%) | ||
| Not sufficient/need to borrow | N (%) | 20 (6.3%) | 31 (9.7%) | ||
| No answer | N (%) | 11 (3.4%) | – |
aMann-Whitney U Test; b Independent samples t-test; c Exchange rate 1000 MMK = 0.81 USD (2015)