Table 1.
Characteristics of the IFLS study participants.
| Variables | Urban (N=18,845) |
Rural (N=13,189) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 8,807 | 46.7 | 6,206 | 47.1 |
| Female | 10,038 | 53.3 | 6,983 | 52.9 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15-34 | 9,156 | 48.6 | 6,154 | 46.7 |
| 35-54 | 6,865 | 36.4 | 4,738 | 35.9 |
| 55-74 | 2,500 | 13.3 | 1,932 | 14.6 |
| >75 | 324 | 1.7 | 365 | 2.8 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Unmarried | 4,207 | 22.3 | 2,066 | 15.7 |
| Married | 13,044 | 69.2 | 9,947 | 75.4 |
| Widowed/divorced | 1,594 | 8.5 | 1,176 | 8.9 |
| Education level | ||||
| No formal education | 548 | 2.9 | 1,024 | 7.7 |
| Primary education | 4,475 | 23.8 | 5,113 | 38.8 |
| Secondary education | 10,563 | 56.0 | 6,054 | 45.9 |
| Higher education | 3,259 | 17.3 | 998 | 7.6 |
| Employment | ||||
| Unemployed | 6,221 | 33.0 | 3,792 | 28.8 |
| Employed | 12,624 | 67.0 | 9,397 | 71.2 |
| Insurance ownership | ||||
| No | 8,484 | 45.0 | 5,349 | 40.6 |
| Yes | 10,361 | 55.0 | 7,840 | 59.4 |
| Wealth index | ||||
| 1st Quintiles (poorest) | 1,964 | 10.4 | 3,516 | 26.7 |
| 2nd Quintiles | 3,243 | 17.2 | 3,059 | 23.2 |
| 3rd Quintiles | 4,058 | 21.5 | 2,520 | 19.1 |
| 4th Quintiles | 4,619 | 24.5 | 2,113 | 16.0 |
| 5th Quintiles (richest) | 4,961 | 26.4 | 1,981 | 15.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||
| Underweight (<18.5) | 2,226 | 11.8 | 1,836 | 13.9 |
| Normal (18.5–22.9) | 7,182 | 38.1 | 5,926 | 44.9 |
| Overweight (23–24.9) | 2,968 | 15.8 | 1,987 | 15.1 |
| Obese (>25) | 6,469 | 34.3 | 3,440 | 26.1 |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Non-smokers | 12,381 | 65.7 | 8,106 | 61.5 |
| Ex-smokers | 936 | 5.0 | 589 | 4.5 |
| Current smokers | 5,528 | 29.3 | 4,494 | 34.0 |