Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the 1617 respondents in the survey of survivors eight months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
| Socio-demographic Characteristics | n | % |
Average in Shelters (%) | National Average*(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| 16 ~ | 781 | 48.3 | 45.4 | 14.6 |
| 25 ~ | 184 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 13.5 |
| 35 ~ | 299 | 18.5 | 19.4 | 18.3 |
| 45 ~ | 181 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 15.0 |
| 55 ~ | 101 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 11.1 |
| 65 ~ | 71 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 9.5 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 864 | 53.4 | 51.6 | 50.8 |
| Female | 753 | 46.6 | 48.4 | 49.2 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 768 | 47.5 | 50.2 | |
| Single | 797 | 49.3 | 46.6 | |
| Other (widowed or divorced) | 52 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |
| Years of Education | ||||
| 0 ~ 9 | 723 | 44.7 | 42.9 | 80.0 |
| 10 ~ 12 | 438 | 27.1 | 28.7 | 13.8 |
| Tertiary | 456 | 28.2 | 28.4 | 6.2 |
| Job | ||||
| Employed | 798 | 49.4 | 48.0 | |
| Unemployed | 154 | 9.5 | 9.1 | |
| Full time students | 665 | 41.4 | 42.9 | |
| Region | ||||
| One | 385 | 23.8 | 24.2 | |
| Two | 801 | 49.5 | 50.1 | |
| Three | 431 | 26.7 | 25.7 |