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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the residents of 18–69 years of age in Guangdong, 2002–2010

From: The diminishing socioeconomic disparity in obesity in a Chinese population with rapid economic development: analysis of serial cross-sectional health survey data 2002–2010

  

Survey 2002

Survey 2004

Survey 2007

Survey 2010

(n = 12,920)

(n = 7609)

(n = 6177)

(n = 8541)

Age [mean (se), year]

   

 All:

 

44.1 (0.8)

43.4 (0.63)

45.1 (0.73)

45.2 (0.94)

 Men:

 

44.8 (0.9)

43.8 (0.65)

45.2 (0.70)

45.3 (0.89)

 Women:

 

43.6 (0.7)

43.1 (0.70)

45.0 (0.81)

45.0 (1.03)

Education [n (%)]

    

 Women:

Up to primary school

3223 (45.1)

2500 (54.9)

1832 (54.4)

2079 (45.5)

 

Junior secondary school

2197 (30.3)

1092 (25.1)

812 (25.2)

1295 (29.8)

 

Senior secondary school or above

1814 (24.7)

812 (20.1)

612 (20.3)

1015 (24.7)

 Men:

Up to primary school

1477 (27.4)

1105 (34.0)

1091 (36.3)

1372 (32.9)

 

Junior secondary school

2086 (35.8)

1203 (36.9)

1068 (36.3)

1516 (36.8)

 

Senior secondary school or above

2123 (36.8)

897 (29.0)

762 (27.4)

1264 (30.3)

Occupation [n (%)]

    

 Women:

Manual

3296 (44.7)

2379 (51.9)

1558 (46.2)

1911 (42.1)

 

Non-manual

849 (11.4)

434 (10.6)

255 (8.2)

423 (9.8)

 

Other

3089 (44.0)

1591 (37.5)

1443 (45.6)

2055 (48.1)

 Men:

Manual

2784 (48.9)

1788 (54.2)

1671 (55.8)

2292 (55.0)

 

Non-manual

1120 (19.0)

566 (18.3)

363 (12.7)

653 (14.9)

 

Other

1782 (32.1)

851 (27.5)

887 (31.5)

1207 (30.1)

Area [n (%)]

    

 Women:

Rural

3730 (50.6)

2663 (58.0)

1910 (55.8)

2512 (55.8)

 

Urban

3504 (49.4)

1741 (42.1)

1346 (44.2)

1877 (44.3)

 Men:

Rural

3155 (54.5)

2041 (61.8)

1855 (61.0)

2634 (62.6)

 

Urban

2531 (45.5)

1164 (38.2)

1066 (39.0)

1518 (37.4)

  1. Percentages are weighted percentages