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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by gender in urban and rural settings for an adult (≥ 18 years old) population of Burkina Faso (n = 4822) (WHS 2003).

From: Heavy burden of non-communicable diseases at early age and gender disparities in an adult population of Burkina Faso: world health survey

Socioeconomic variables (%)

Urban

Rural

 

Women

Men

Women

Men

Age

n = 1031

n = 898

n = 1519

n = 1374

18-24

30.6

23.4

26.7

20.7

25-34

29.7

28.8

30.5

28.6

35-44

19.3

23.3

18.7

19.6

45-54

10.3

13.7

11.3

11.8

55-64

5.7

5.8

7.3

8.9

65 and older

4.4

5.0

5.5

10.5

Marital status

n = 1031

n = 897

n = 1518

n = 1374

Widowed

11.0

1.1

8.4

2.2

Separated/divorced

13.6

31.3

2.8

15.5

Single

2.6

1.9

1.4

1.8

Married

72.8

65.7

87.4

80.5

Education

n = 1031

n = 898

n = 1519

n = 1374

No formal education

59.3

46.0

95.3

87.8

Some formal education

40.7

54.0

4.7

12.2

Occupation

n = 1031

n = 898

n = 1519

n = 1374

Unemployed

11.7

11.9

6.8

11.0

Homemaker

41.7

0.3

60.4

1.2

Agriculture or Fishery

7.4

18.0

23.8

77.5

Manual worker

28.1

45.8

8.3

8.1

Non-manual worker

11.1

23.9

0.7

2.2

Annual household income

n = 1021

n = 887

n = 1507

n = 1357

< PL/2

11.2

11.3

38.0

33.9

≥ PL/2-< PL

26.9

25.1

36.1

33.2

≥ PL-< 2 × PL

35.3

33.8

20.4

23.1

≥ 2 × PL

26.6

29.8

5.4

9.9

  1. PL corresponds to the poverty line for Burkina Faso in 2003, which was 82,672 Franc CFA/year [17] (< PL/2): poorest, with annual income less than one-half of the poverty line; (≥ PL/2, < PL): below the poverty line but above the poorest; (≥ PL < 2 × PL): above, but less than double, the poverty line; (≥ 2 × PL): more than double the poverty line.
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