Table 1.
Sociodemographic variables by study site, AWI-Gen baseline data
| Country (site name) |
Burkina Faso (Nanoro) n=2057 | Ghana (Navrongo) n=1977 | South Africa (Dikgale) n=1149 | South Africa (Agincourt) n=1358 | South Africa (Soweto) n=1878 | Kenya (Nairobi) n=1930 |
| Urban or rural | Rural | Rural | Rural | Rural | Urban | Urban |
| Sex (% women) | 1027 (50%) | 1069 (54%) | 797 (69%) | 822 (61%) | 888 (47%) | 1050 (54%) |
| Age, in years (mean; SD) | 50 (6) | 51 (6) | 50 (6) | 51 (6) | 49 (6) | 48 (5) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 17 (1%) | 19 (1%) | 294 (25%) | 127 (9%) | 301 (19%) | 82 (4%) |
| Married/living with partner | 1788 (87%) | 1455 (74%) | 595 (52%) | 919 (68%) | 781 (50%) | 1287 (67%) |
| Divorced/widowed | 245 (12%) | 502 (25%) | 270 (24%) | 312 (23%) | 491 (31%) | 560 (29%) |
| Highest level of education | ||||||
| No formal education | 1693 (83%) | 1389 (71%) | 94 (8%) | 376 (28%) | 10 (1%) | 146 (8%) |
| Primary | 237 (12%) | 376 (19%) | 380 (33%) | 537 (40%) | 672 (40%) | 1101 (57%) |
| Secondary | 95 (5%) | 169 (9%) | 634 (55%) | 366 (27%) | 854 (52%) | 657 (34%) |
| Tertiary | 18 (1%) | 36 (2%) | 41 (4%) | 79 (6%) | 148 (9%) | 26 (1%) |
| Current employment | ||||||
| Yes | 2028 (99%) | 1237 (63%) | 433 (38%) | 455 (36%) | 1124 (60%) | 1816 (94%) |
| Socioeconomic quintiles | ||||||
| First quintile | 333 (16%) | 368 (19%) | 147 (13%) | 210 (15%) | 205 (12%) | 232 (12%) |
| Second quintile | 401 (20%) | 354 (18%) | 260 (23%) | 322 (24%) | 438 (25%) | 431 (22%) |
| Third quintile | 399 (19%) | 382 (19%) | 150 (13%) | 170 (13%) | 290 (17%) | 445 (23%) |
| Fourth quintile | 380 (19%) | 464 (23%) | 252 (22%) | 322 (24%) | 336 (19%) | 396 (21%) |
| Fifth quintile | 536 (26%) | 408 (21%) | 340 (30%) | 334 (25%) | 469 (27%) | 426 (22%) |
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