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Table 2 General socio-demographic characteristics of the study populations

From: Tobacco farming in rural Vietnam: questionable economic gain but evident health risks

Characteristics

South

North

 

Tobacco farming commune

Non-tobacco farming commune

p value

Tobacco farming commune

Non-tobacco farming commune

p value

Sex: n (%)

      

â–ª Men

286 (50.8)

273 (48.1)

0.36*

243 (48.4)

237 (48.7)

0.96

â–ª Women

277 (49.2)

295 (51.9)

 

259 (51.6)

250 (51.3)

 

Age: n (%)

      

â–ª <15

164 (29.1)

178 (31.3)

0.15*

115 (22.9)

113 (23.2)

0.84*

▪ 15–24

146 (25.9)

137 (24.1)

 

100 (19.9)

88 (18.1)

 

▪ 25–44

136 (24.2)

127 (22.4)

 

173 (34.5)

181 (37.2)

 

▪ 45–64

108 (19.2)

104 (18.3)

 

83 (16.5)

80 (16.4)

 

â–ª 64+

9 (1.6)

22 (3.9)

 

31 (6.2)

25 (5.1)

 

Education: n (%)

      

â–ª No education

29 (5.2)

31 (5.5)

0.69*

10 (2.1)

17 (3.5)

0.06*

â–ª Not yet complete primary level

112 (19.9)

111 (19.5)

 

63 (12.6)

94 (19.3)

 

â–ª Complete primary level

200 (35.5)

190 (33.5)

 

105 (20.9)

77 (15.8)

 

â–ª Complete secondary school

155 (27.5)

152 (26.8)

 

212 (42.2)

178 (36.6)

 

â–ª Tertiary education and higher

67 (11.9)

84 (14.8)

 

101 (20.1)

121 (24.9)

 

Occupation: n (%)

      

â–ª Farmer

280 (49.7)

280 (49.3)

0.33*

330 (65.7)

279 (57.3)

0.01*

â–ª Government staff

4 (0.7)

4 (0.7)

 

6 (1.2)

24 (4.9)

 

â–ª Pupil/student

211 (37.5)

195 (34.3)

 

122 (24.3)

132 (27.1)

 

â–ª Other

68 (12.1)

89 (15.7)

 

44 (8.8)

52 (10.7)

 

Per capita income: mean(sd) US$

28.5 (24.0)

20.4 (15.6)

0.00**

19.1 (9.3)

21.8 (14.7)

0.00**

Total

563 (100)

568 (100)

 

502 (100)

487 (100)

 
  1. * p value for chi squared test
  2. ** p value for median test