Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of the study sample (percent unless indicated), Health Barometer, Maputo Metropolitan Area, Mozambique, 2015
From: Determinants of poor self-rated health among adults in urban Mozambique
Variable | Percent |
|---|---|
Poor Self-rated Health | |
No | 46.2 |
Yes | 53.8 |
Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors | |
Age | |
40-49 | 41.3 |
50-59 | 34.2 |
60 or more | 24.5 |
Sex | |
Male | 45.4 |
Woman | 54.6 |
Marital Status | |
Married or in union | 71.4 |
Single | 1.9 |
Separated or divorced | 9.7 |
Widow | 17.0 |
Education | |
No education | 31.6 |
Primary | 41.8 |
Secondary or more | 26.6 |
Type of Occupation | |
Professional work | 27.0 |
Domestic work | 16.1 |
Business work | 16.1 |
Small sells | 12.2 |
Art work | 6.7 |
Unemployed or student | 7.2 |
Other occupation | 14.7 |
Type of Toilet | |
Flush toilet | 30.1 |
Non-flush toilet | 37.8 |
Improved latrine | 23.8 |
Non-improved latrine or no latrine in the residence | 8.3 |
Drinking water treatment | |
Does not treat | 71.3 |
Treats | 28.7 |
Household car ownership | |
Does not own a car | 75.7 |
Owns a car | 24.3 |
Family size (mean, standard deviations in parenthesis) | 6.0 (2.8) |
Health Behaviors | |
Perception about own body weight | |
High or overweight | 26.6 |
Normal | 54.2 |
Low body weight | 16.1 |
Don't Know | 3.1 |
Work involves intensive physical activity | |
No | 70.4 |
Yes | 29.6 |
Smoking status | |
No | 91.0 |
Yes | 9.0 |
Alcohol consumption | |
No alcohol | 50.9 |
Monthly or less | 24.5 |
2-4 times per month | 14.1 |
2 times or more per week | 10.5 |
Perceptions about Community Main Health Problems | |
Sanitation problem | |
No | 92.0 |
Yes | 8.0 |
Alcohol consumption | |
No | 50.2 |
Yes | 49.8 |
Tobacco consumption | |
No | 90.0 |
Yes | 10.0 |
Drugs’ consumption | |
No | 91.0 |
Yes | 9.0 |
Crime | |
No | 95.2 |
Yes | 4.8 |
Road accidents | |
No | 95.7 |
Yes | 4.3 |
Respiratory problems | |
No | 86.8 |
Yes | 13.2 |
Hypertension or heart problem | |
No | 56.3 |
Yes | 43.7 |
HIV/AIDS problem | |
No | 60.6 |
Yes | 39.4 |
Malaria, tuberculosis or diarrhea | |
No | 59.1 |
Yes | 40.9 |
N | 677 |