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Table 3 Main socio-demographics characteristics of the study population (n = 2038) according to Self-Rated Health (SRH) status and stratified by gender

From: Self-rated health and its determinants among adults in Syria: a model from the Middle East

 

Male

Female

 

Self Rated Health (SRH)

Self Rated Health (SRH)

 

Excellent n (%)

590 (52.4)

Normal n (%)

274 (37.8)

Poor n (%)

57 (30.6)

Excellent n (%)

537 (47.6)

Normal n (%)

451 (62.2)

Poor n (%)

129 (69.4)

Neighborhood

      

   Formal

279 (47.3)

151 (55.1)

21 (36.8)

270 (50.3)

239 (53)

57 (44.2)

   Informal

311 (52.7)

123 (44.9)

36 (63.2)

267 (49.7)

212 (47)

72 (55.8)

Age

      

   18–29 years

228 (38.6)

62 (22.6)

15 (26.3)

257 947.9)

147 (32.6)

27 (20.9)

   30–45 years

258 (43.7)

120 (43.8)

20 (35.1)

224 (41.7)

200 (44.3)

52 (40.3)

   46–65 years

104 (17.6)

92 (33.6)

22 (38.6)

56 (10.4)

104 (23.1)

50 (38.8)

Marital status

      

   Married

436 (73.9)

228 (83.2)

46 (80.7)

363 (67.6)

358 (79.4)

113 (87.6)

   Single/Divorced/Widowed

154 (26.1)

46 (16.8)

11 (19.3)

174 (32.4)

93 (20.6)

16 (12.4)

Education

      

   Illiterate

80 (13.6)

32 (11.7)

16 (28.1)

115 (21.4)

120 (26.6)

62 (48.1)

   Years of education < 9

345 (58.5)

171 (62.4)

30 (52.6)

287 (53.4)

243 (53.9)

55 (42.6)

   Years of education > 9

165 (28)

71 (25.9)

11 (19.31)

135 (25.1)

88 (19.5)

12 (9.3)

Employment categorized

      

   Unemployed

65 (11)

22 (8)

8 (14)

459 (85.5)

387 (85.8)

118 (91.5)

   Employed/retired

268 (45.4)

132 (48.2)

29 (50.9)

59 (11)

48 (10.6)

6 (4.7)

   Employer/private business

257 (43.6)

120 (43.8)

20 (35.1)

19 (3.5)

16 (3.5)

5 (3.9)

Density index (DI) categorized

      

   >2.3

128 (21.7)

58 (21.2)

23 (40.4)

116 (21.6)

101 (22.4)

39 (30.2)

   1.5 – 2.3

175 (29.7)

89 (32.5)

13 (22.8)

155 (28.9)

135 (29.9)

33 (25.6)

   <1.5

287 (48.6)

127 (46.4)

21 (36.8)

266 (49.5)

215 (47.7)

57 (44.2)

SES score categorized

      

   Low (score 0–3)

111 (18.8)

51 (18.6)

18 (31.6)

272 (50.7)

237 (52.5)

102 (79.1)

   Middle (score 4–5)

249 (42.2) 230 (39)

119 (43.4) 104 (38)

22 (38.6) 17 (29.8)

156 (29.1) 109 (20.3)

145 (32.2) 69 (15.3)

19 (14.7) 8 (6.2)

   High (score 6–12)

      

Religion

      

   Muslim

564 (95.6)

263 (96)

57 (100)

495 (92.2)

433 (96)

126 (97.7)

   Christian and others

26 (4.4)

11 (4.1)

0

42 (7.8)

18 (4)

3 (2.4)

Ethnicity

      

   Arab

477 (80.8)

211 (77)

42 (73.7)

427 (79.5)

365 (80.9)

103 (79.8)

   Others

113 (19.2)

63 (23)

15 (26.3)

110 (20.5)

86 (19)

26 (20.2)