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. 2019 Dec 3;4:90. Originally published 2019 Jun 7. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15196.2

Table 2. Prevalence of disability in any domain by socio-demographic background, stratified by sex.

Women Men
Reporting at least
"some difficulty"
Reporting at least
"a lot of difficulty"
Reporting at least
"some difficulty"
Reporting at least
"a lot of difficulty"
Total n %
(95% CI)
n %
(95% CI)
Total n %
(95% CI)
n %
(95% CI)
Overall
Crude prevalence 7437 3142 42.2
(41.1-43.4)
731 9.8
(9.2-10.5)
3426 1318 38.5
(36.9-40.1)
308 9.0
(8.1-10.0)
Standardised to
population structure
41.7
(40.7-42.7)
9.5
(8.9-10.1)
35.5
(34.1-37.0)
8.0
(7.2-8.9)
Age group
18–34 3817 907 23.8
(22.4-25.1)
137 3.6
(3.0-4.2)
1545 321 20.8
(18.8-22.9)
48 3.1
(2.3-4.1)
35–44 1478 605 40.9
(38.5-43.5)
90 6.1
(5.0-7.4)
711 228 32.1
(28.7-35.6)
34 4.8
(3.4-6.6)
45–54 814 525 64.5
(61.1-67.7)
100 12.3 (10.2-14.7) 443 237 53.5
(48.8-58.1)
39 8.8
(6.5-11.8)
55–64 606 454 74.9
(71.3-78.2)
97 16.0
(13.3-19.1)
306 184 60.1
(54.5-65.5)
47 15.4
(11.7-19.8)
65–69 213 176 82.6
(76.9-87.1)
49 23
(17.8-29.1)
105 74 70.5
(61.1-78.4)
18 17.1
(11.1-25.6)
70–74 173 163 94.2
(89.6-96.9)
68 39.3 (32.3-46.8) 101 80 79.2
(70.2-86.0)
34 33.7
(25.1-43.4)
75–79 165 147 89.1
(83.3-93.0)
81 49.1 (41.5-56.7) 96 83 86.5
(78.1-92)
34 35.4
(26.5-45.5)
80+ 171 165 96.5
(92.4-98.4)
109 63.7 (56.3-70.6) 119 111 93.3
(87.1-96.6)
54 45.4
(36.7-54.4)
Education
None 296 221 74.7
(69.4-79.3)
99 33.4
(28.3-39.0)
69 50 72.5
(60.8-81.7)
19 27.5
(18.3-39.2)
Primary (part or
completed)
4980 2303 46.2
(44.9-47.6)
541 10.9
(10.0-11.8)
1833 800 43.6
(41.4-45.9)
199 10.9
(9.5-12.4)
Secondary (part or
completed)
1759 501 28.5
(26.4-30.6)
70 4.0 (3.2-5.0) 1265 386 30.5
(28.0-33.1)
75 5.9
(4.8-7.4)
Tertiary 351 88 25.1
(20.8-29.9)
12 3.4
(2.0-5.9)
247 77 31.2
(25.7-37.2)
14 5.7
(3.4-9.3)
Occupation
Not working 621 306 49.3
(45.4-53.2)
165 26.6
(23.2-30.2)
391 138 35.3
(30.7-40.2)
78 19.9
(16.3-24.2)
Manual work 89 33 37.1
(27.7-47.5)
5 5.6
(2.4-12.8)
387 152 39.3
(34.5-44.2)
20 5.2
(3.4-7.9)
Farmer/ fisherman 5721 2430 42.5
(41.2-43.8)
491 8.6
(7.9-9.3)
2327 928 39.9
(37.9-41.9)
192 8.3
(7.2-9.4)
Non-manual work 930 335 36.0
(33.0-39.2)
53 5.7
(4.4-7.4)
309 96 31.1
(26.2-36.4)
16 5.2
(3.2-8.3)
Union
Not in a union 2343 1280 54.6
(52.6-56.6)
410 17.5
(16.0-19.1)
870 257 29.5
(26.6-32.7)
69 7.9
(6.3-9.9)
In a union 5090 1862 36.6
(35.3-37.9)
321 6.3
(5.7-7.0)
2553 1060 41.5
(39.6-43.4)
239 9.4
(8.3-10.6)