Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample according to objective relative wealth category (n = 1,620).
| Objective relative wealth categorya,b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poorest quintile of asset wealth (n = 217) |
Poorer quintile (n = 291) |
Middle quintile (n = 362) |
Less poor quintile (n = 360) |
Least poor quintile of asset wealth (n = 390) |
|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 128 (59.0) | 170 (58.4) | 182 (50.3) | 190 (52.8) | 199 (51.0) |
| Male | 89 (41.0) | 121 (41.6) | 180 (49.7) | 170 (47.2) | 191 (49.0) |
| Age | |||||
| 18–25 years | 42 (19.4) | 76 (26.1) | 115 (31.8) | 107 (29.7) | 114 (29.2) |
| 26–36 years | 68 (31.3) | 84 (28.9) | 93 (25.7) | 90 (25.0) | 97 (24.9) |
| 36–45 years | 43 (19.8) | 60 (20.6) | 66 (18.2) | 69 (19.2) | 56 (14.4) |
| 46–55 years | 36 (16.6) | 40 (13.8) | 49 (13.5) | 52 (14.4) | 57 (14.6) |
| 56 + years | 28 (12.9) | 31 (10.7) | 39 (10.8) | 42 (11.7) | 66 (16.9) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married/cohabitating | 115 (53.0) | 181 (62.2) | 235 (64.9) | 224 (62.2) | 230 (59.0) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 72 (33.2) | 54 (18.6) | 41 (11.3) | 40 (11.1) | 42 (10.8) |
| Single/never married | 30 (13.8) | 56 (19.2) | 86 (23.8) | 96 (26.7) | 118 (30.3) |
| Education | |||||
| None | 47 (21.7) | 53 (18.2) | 45 (12.4) | 34 (9.4) | 27 (6.9) |
| Some primary school | 90 (41.5) | 103 (35.4) | 103 (28.5) | 92 (25.6) | 86 (22.1) |
| Finished primary school | 54 (24.9) | 63 (21.7) | 92 (25.4) | 88 (24.4) | 78 (20.0) |
| More than primary school | 26 (12.0) | 72 (24.7) | 122 (33.7) | 146 (40.6) | 199 (51.0) |
| Depression | |||||
| HSCLD score, mean (sd) | 1.7 (0.4) | 1.7 (0.5) | 1.6 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.4) |
| Probable depression, n (%) | 74 (34.1) | 90 (30.9) | 92 (25.4) | 83 (23.1) | 91 (23.3) |
| Subjective relative wealth | |||||
| Among the poorest in village | 62 (28.6) | 56 (19.2) | 36 (9.9) | 27 (7.5) | 15 (3.9) |
| Worse off than others | 79 (36.4) | 75 (25.8) | 54 (14.9) | 34 (9.4) | 18 (4.6) |
| Average | 59 (27.2) | 113 (38.8) | 187 (51.7) | 176 (48.9) | 147 (37.7) |
| Better off than others | 12 (5.5) | 39 (13.4) | 75 (20.7) | 97 (26.9) | 138 (35.4) |
| Among the wealthiest in village | 5 (2.3) | 8 (2.8) | 10 (2.8) | 26 (7.2) | 72 (18.5) |
a
Based on reporting from the oldest man of reproductive age (18–49 years) in the household. If no men were available, this measure was based on reporting from the oldest woman of reproductive age. If no men or women of reproductive age were available, this measure was based on reporting from the youngest man older than reproductive age, then the youngest woman older than reproductive age. The sensitivity analysis described in the Supplementary Material (Table S2) uses individual reporting of assets to determine objective relative wealth categories.
b
Quintiles of asset wealth were determined with respect to the reporting participant's village.