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Table 1 Sociodemographic Variables

From: Diagnosis of chronic conditions with modifiable lifestyle risk factors in selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh and sociodemographic variability therein

Categorical Variable (%)*†

Urban n

>Rural n

Total Population

2,907 (36.5%)

5,233 (63.5%)

Gender

  

Male

1,305 (44.9%)

2,243 (42.9%)

Education

  

No Education

762 (26.2%)

2,292 (43.8%)

Primary (1-5 years)

481 (16.6%)

1,423 (27.2%)

Secondary (6-10 years)

933 (32.1%)

1,269 (24.3%)

Higher Secondary Education (11-12 years)

294 (10.1%)

153 (2.9%)

Higher Education (>12 years)

437 (15.0%)

96 (1.8%)

Poverty‡

  

Most poor

265 (9.1%)

568 (11.0%)

More poor

323 (11.1%)

768 (14.8%)

Middle

468 (16.1%)

980 (18.9%)

Less poor

691 (23.8%)

1,200 (23.1%)

Least poor

1,160 (39.9%)

1,669 (32.2%)

Continuous Variable M (SD)

  

Age

43.9 (12.1)

51.5 (14.3)

Education

6.9 (5.1)

3.6 (3.9)

  1. M- Mean SD-Standard Deviation
  2. * P value < 0.05 considered statistically significant, all values were statistically significant
  3. †Denominator value is respondent not disease
  4. ‡ Poverty quintiles identify the proportion of those self reporting a chronic disease by the which poverty quintile they belonged to. Poverty quintiles are representative of the overall population of study respondents (32,665)