Social support and Quality of Life: a cross-sectional study on survivors eight months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

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

* The National Average data came from the 2008 census published by the National Bureau of Statistics.

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