Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in Mongolia, 2017-2018
| Attributes | Percent (n=975) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural areas (n=478) |
Urban areas | |||
| ger (n=255) | apartment (n=242) | |||
| Sex | Male | 43.9 (210) | 34.9 (89) | 33.5 (81) |
| Female | 56.1 (268) | 65.1 (166) | 66.5 (161) | |
| Age Group | 60-69 | 62.6 (299) | 69.4 (177) | 47.1 (114) |
| 70-79 | 28.7 (137) | 27.8 (71) | 35.1 (85) | |
| 80+ | 8.8 (42) | 2.8 (7) | 17.8 (43) | |
| Marital Status | Married/Cohabiting | 63.8 (305) | 51.8 (132) | 53.7 (130) |
| Not married* | 5.4 (26) | 3.1 (8) | 2.9 (7) | |
| Widowed | 30.8 (147) | 45.1 (115) | 43.4 (105) | |
| Ethnicity | Mongol† | 99.4 (475) | 86.7 (221) | 94.2 (228) |
| Kazak‡ | 0.2 (1) | 11.8 (30) | 3.7 (9) | |
| Other | 0.4 (2) | 1.6 (4) | 2.1 (5) | |
| Religion | None | 17.2 (82) | 35.7 (91) | 35.5 (86) |
| Buddhist | 81.2 (388) | 57.7 (147) | 60.7 (147) | |
| Other | 1.0 (5) | 6.7 (17) | 3.3 (8) | |
| Missing | (3) | (0) | (1) | |
| Educational Attainment | No formal education | 5.1 (24) | 1.6 (4) | 1.6 (4) |
| Primary school | 33.8 (159) | 7.2 (18) | 5.0 (12) | |
| Secondary school | 22.8 (107) | 29.5 (74) | 19.0 (46) | |
| High school | 12.6 (59) | 15.5 (39) | 19.4 (47) | |
| Tertiary or higher | 25.7 (121) | 46.2 (116) | 55.0 (133) | |
| Missing | (8) | (4) | (0) | |
| Economic Tertiles | Tertile 1 (lowest) | 41.6 (162) | 29.4 (68) | 24.9 (48) |
| Tertile 2 | 39.6 (154) | 29.0 (67) | 22.3 (43) | |
| Tertile 3 (highest) | 18.8 (73) | 41.6 (96) | 52.9 (102) | |
| Missing | (89) | (24) | (49) | |
*includes never married (n=12) and separated/divorced (n=14)
†includes Khalkh, Dorwod, Bayad, Buriad, Zachin, Dariganga
‡ includes Kazak and the minority Turkic ethnicity Urianhai