TABLE 1.
2010 general characteristics of study population according to family membership.
| Variables | Mother | Father | Offspring |
| Location, n (%) | |||
| Rural | 2,551 (53.37) | 2,298 (54.21) | 2,776 (53.90) |
| Urban | 2,229 (46.63) | 1,941 (45.79) | 2,374 (46.10) |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Female | – | – | 1,838 (35.69) |
| Male | – | – | 3,312 (64.31) |
| Education level, n (%) | |||
| Illiteracy | 2,086 (43.69) | 980 (23.13) | 343 (6.66) |
| Elementary and junior high school | 2,103 (44.04) | 2,392 (56.46) | 2,896 (56.25) |
| High school and above | 586 (12.27) | 865 (20.42) | 1,909 (37.08) |
| Marital level, n (%) | |||
| Unmarried | 7 (0.15) | 7 (0.17) | 3,289 (63.86) |
| Married or cohabiting | 4,424 (92.59) | 4,101 (96.74) | 1,769 (34.35) |
| Divorced or widowed | 347 (7.26) | 131 (3.09) | 92 (1.79) |
| Age in 2010 (mean ± sd) | 49.860 ± 6.944 | 51.537 ± 7.307 | 24.473 ± 6.491 |
| Income level (mean ± sd) | 2.102 ± 0.971 | 2.355 ± 0.952 | 2.237 ± 0.949 |
| Social relation (mean ± sd) | 4.025 ± 0.862 | 4.000 ± 0.849 | 3.964 ± 0.832 |
| Happiness (mean ± sd) | 3.811 ± 1.021 | 3.811 ± 1.001 | 3.898 ± 0.961 |
| Social status (mean ± sd) | 2.788 ± 0.974 | 2.807 ± 0.975 | 2.687 ± 0.893 |
| Life satisfaction (mean ± sd) | 3.456 ± 1.033 | 3.451 ± 1.037 | 3.448 ± 0.996 |
| BMI (mean ± sd) | 22.815 ± 3.268 | 22.853 ± 3.175 | 21.232 ± 3.191 |
| Health (mean ± sd) | 1.970 ± 1.039 | 1.789 ± 0.970 | 1.368 ± 0.651 |
| Diagnosed disease, n (%) | 898 (18.80) | 674 (15.91) | 239 (4.64) |
| Smoking, n (%) | 193 (4.06) | 2,768 (65.58) | 1,579 (30.79) |
| Drinking, n (%) | 157 (3.30) | 1,412 (33.45) | 657 (12.81) |
| Nap, n (%) | 2,186 (45.93) | 2,180 (51.65) | 2,359 (46.00) |
sd, standard deviation.