Table 3.
Physical and psychological health status of participants
| Variable | Total | Health utilisation | P value | |
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |||
| Diseases ever been diagnosed | ||||
| Hypertension | 47 (4.7) | 32 (11.1) | 15 (2.1) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 25 (2.5) | 13 (4.5) | 12 (1.7) | 0.008 |
| Asthma | 33 (3.3) | 13 (4.5) | 20 (2.8) | 0.160 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 30 (3.0) | 19 (6.6) | 11 (1.5) | <0.001 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 23 (2.3) | 9 (3.1) | 14 (1.9) | 0.255 |
| Skin disease | 28 (2.8) | 14 (4.9) | 14 (1.9) | 0.011 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 17 (1.7) | 12 (4.2) | 5 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| HIV/STIs | 28 (2.8) | 19 (6.6) | 20 (2.8) | <0.001 |
| Diseases infected in the past year | ||||
| Influenza | 337 (33.5) | 102 (35.7) | 235 (32.8) | 0.382 |
| Tuberculosis | 8 (0.8) | 7 (2.4) | 1 (0.1) | 0.001 |
| Typhoid fever | 34 (3.4) | 15 (5.2) | 19 (2.6) | 0.040 |
| Infectious diarrhoea | 19 (1.9) | 11 (3.8) | 8 (1.1) | 0.004 |
| Depression (CES-D score >16) | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 454 (45.4) | 156 (54.4) | 298 (41.6) | |
| No | 550 (54.7) | 131 (45.6) | 419 (58.4) | |
CES-D, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; STIs, sexually transmitted infections.