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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in Mongolia, 2017-2018

From: Disparities in outpatient and inpatient utilization by rural-urban areas among older Mongolians based on a modified WHO-SAGE instrument

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)

  1. *includes never married (n=12) and separated/divorced (n=14)
  2. includes Khalkh, Dorwod, Bayad, Buriad, Zachin, Dariganga
  3. ‡ includes Kazak and the minority Turkic ethnicity Urianhai