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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics, WHS 2002-03

From: The relationship of living arrangements and depressive symptoms among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

n

% Skipped generation household

% Single generation household

Mean age

% Male

% Urban

% Married

% No education

% Chronic diseasea

GNIpcb

HIV/AIDS

prevalencec

MMRd

Burkina Faso

916

14.7

8.6

61.4

51.7

12.6

34.4

95.5

32.3

1012

6.5

1400

Chad

1015

17.5

16.6

61.9

55.9

19.0

58.6

88.6

60.6

1008

4.8

1500

Congo

425

7.1

8.0

59.2

48.7

91.4

73.7

36.3

39.8

606

4.2

940

Côte d’Ivoire

528

7.2

6.9

60.5

58.3

63.5

82.1

63.4

37.8

1500

7.0

1200

Ethiopia

1075

15.6

6.9

60.0

47.9

12.9

57.9

87.2

46.5

724

4.4

871

Ghana

1131

13.0

10.8

62.6

45.3

41.5

69.7

51.8

26.2

2050

3.1

590

Kenya

944

14.9

20.0

62.6

49.2

5.3

62.6

38.1

22.3

992

6.7

1300

Malawi

1105

29.0

20.2

62.1

46.2

4.7

66.1

42.3

59.9

586

14.2

580

Mali

1166

2.1

1.8

64.3

62.0

19.0

41.4

91.6

34.9

878

1.7

630

Namibia

876

13.0

10.7

64.9

39.3

23.3

81.0

49.3

36.4

6410

21.3

370

Senegal

707

2.6

1.1

60.7

56.2

47.1

50.1

75.9

40.5

1535

0.8

1200

South Africa

455

14.2

25.9

60.1

41.5

57.1

81.9

24.9

49.4

10132

15.6

340

Swaziland

719

4.9

6.8

62.5

51.5

18.2

49.1

47.0

46.3

4053

38.8

370

Zambia

700

17.7

10.6

61.2

47.6

22.3

64.9

36.8

16.8

806

15.6

870

Zimbabwe

885

18.1

6.9

63.1

43.6

24.5

64.8

24.3

26.4

-

24.6

610

  1. aAt least one of: angina, arthritis, diabetes, or asthma.
  2. bGNI per capita in 2002 (in 2005 purchasing power parity adjusted internationally dollars).
  3. cEstimated HIV prevalence in the population age 14–49.
  4. dNumber of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births.