Contextual socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in rural south-west China: a multilevel analysis

Table 3 Distribution of socioeconomic status among 30 villages

Variables	Max	P₇₅	P₅₀	P₂₅	Min
Population size	7217	3343	2410	1790	1120
Adult literacy rate* (%)	73.0	54.5	47.0	32.5	29.0
Proportion of Yi ethnic minority (%)	97.0	64.8	33.5	4.8	1.5
Average yearly income (Yuan)	9200	7500	6200	5725	4900
Distance from city (km)	49.0	33.2	16.3	8.0	0.9

* The percentage of population aged 15 years and over who could both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on his/her everyday life.

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