Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants

		Total		Male		Female		Gender differences (p)
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Age groups	18–34	185	30.94	91	35.69	94	27.41	0.001
	35–49	169	28.26	79	30.98	90	26.24
	50–64	140	23.41	59	23.14	81	23.62
	65+	104	17.39	26	10.20	78	22.74
Marital status	single	135	22.88	60	23.81	75	22.19	0.006
	married or cohabitated	358	60.68	164	65.08	194	57.40
	widow	32	5.42	5	1.98	27	7.99
	divorced	65	11.02	23	9.13	42	12.43
Self-reported general health	very good	92	15.46	54	21.34	38	11.11	0.001
	good	348	58.49	148	58.50	200	58.48
	fair	136	22.86	45	17.79	91	26.61
	bad	15	2.52	6	2.37	9	2.63
	very bad	4	0.67	0	0.00	4	1.17
Place of residence	village	184	31.08	77	30.43	107	31.56	0.769
	town or city	408	68.92	176	69.57	232	68.44
Education	primary	4	0.69	3	1.21	1	0.30	0.370
	secondary	338	58.18	140	56.68	198	59.28
	high	239	41.14	104	42.11	135	40.42

Reported grand total may not be equal to the sum of the subtotals due to missing data