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Table 1 Descriptive information on sample population, disaggregated by age, sex, urbanicity, educational level and employment status; Mongolia, 2010

From: Tobacco smoking in Mongolia: findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study

  

Male

Female

 

n (%)

n (% )

n (%)

Total

3450 (100.0)

1413 (42.0)

2037 (58.0)

Age (n = 3450)

   

  15-24

1100 (28.0)

506 (27.9)

594 (28.0)

  25-34

721 (24.3)

280 (25.8)

441 (23.1)

  35-44

630 (23.0)

234 (22.2)

396 (23.6)

  45-54

507 (19.2)

196 (18.7)

311 (19.7)

  55-64

492 (5.5)

197 (5.4)

295 (5.6)

Location (n = 3450)

   

  Urban

1737 (50.3)

702 (49.6)

1035 (50.2)

  Rural

1713 (49.7)

711 (50.4)

1002 (49.8)

Education (n = 3450)

   

  Primary or less

219 (6.4)

107 (7.5)

112 (5.4)

  Secondary School

2088 (60.5)

919 (65.0)

1169 (57.5)

  Tertiary Schooling

1143 (33.1)

387 (27.4)

756 (37.1))

Employment (n = 3425)

   

  Student

717 (20.8)

330 (23.7)

387 (18.8)

  Employed

1503 (43.6)

696 (49.9)

807 (39.5)

  Unemployed

508 (14.7)

204 (14.6)

304 (14.8)

  Retired/Home

697 (20.2)

167 (11.8)

530 (25.9)

  1. All percentages are percentages of the total study population (n = 3450).
  2. The median age of participants was 33 years. No significant difference was found between the median age of rural and urban participants (32 and 34 years respectively, p = 0.08), while female median age was 3 years higher than male median age (p < 0.05).