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. 2021 Jun 2;21:1045. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11042-x

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics between two waves in 2011 and 2015

Baseline wave in 2011 (11847) Third wave in 2015 (13013) P value
Sex, n (%) 0.4989
 Female 6336 (53.48%) 7019 (53.94%)
 Male 5511 (46.52%) 5994 (46.06%)
Age group, n (%) < 0.0001
 45–50 2472 (20.87%) 2143 (16.47%)
 51–55 1914 (16.16%) 2092 (16.08%)
 56–60 2418 (20.41%) 2071 (15.91%)
 61–65 1886 (15.92%) 2357 (18.11%)
 66–70 1288 (10.87%) 1741 (13.38%)
  ≥ 71 1868 (15.77%) 2609 (20.05%)
Marital Status, n (%) 0.909
 Marrieda 9787 (82.62%) 10,744 (82.56%)
 Abnormal Statusb 2059 (17.38%) 2269 (17.44%)
Residence, n (%) 0.0128
 Rural 7529 (63.56%) 8007 (62.03%)
 Urban 4317 (36.44%) 4902 (37.97%)
Region, n (%) < 0.0001
 North-east 847 (7.15%) 938 (7.27%)
 North 1675 (14.14%) 1676 (12.98%)
 North west 955 (8.06%) 1022 (7.92%)
 East 3634 (30.68%) 4359 (33.76%)
 South-central 2661 (22.46%) 2840 (21.99%)
 South-west 2074 (17.51%) 2077 (16.08%)

amarried with spouse present; bmarried but not living with spouse temporarily for reasons such as work, separated, divorced, widowed and never married