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Table 1 Socio-demographic factors of 25–74 years old citizens in Yangon region, by urban-rural location

From: Urban-rural differences in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors among 25–74 years old citizens in Yangon Region, Myanmar: a cross sectional study

 

Urban (n = 755)

Rural (n = 731)

Total (n = 1486)

p-value#

Gender (%)

 Male

376 (49.8)

369 (50.5)

745 (50.1)

 

 Female

379 (50.2)

362 (49.5)

741 (49.9)

 

Age (Mean Years ± SD)

 Male

49.9 ± 13.9

46.8 ± 12.5

48.4 ± 13.3

0.001 *

 Female

47.5 ± 12.5

46.2 ± 12.4

46.9 ± 12.4

0.131

 Total

48.7 ± 13.2

46.5 ± 12.4

47.6 ± 12.9

0.001 *

Age group (%)

 25–34

142 (18.8)

144 (19.7)

286 (19.2)

0.526

 35–44

160 (21.2)

190 (26.0)

350 (23.6)

 45–54

171 (22.6)

180 (24.6)

351 (23.6)

 55–64

178 (23.6)

151 (20.7)

329 (22.1)

 65–74

104 (13.8)

66 (9.0)

170 (11.4)

Education (Mean Years ± SD)

 Male

10.8 ± 3.8

6.1 ± 3.9

8.5 ± 4.5

<0.001 *

 Female

9.7 ± 4.4

5.4 ± 3.7

7.6 ± 4.6

<0.001 *

 Total

10.2 ± 4.1

5.7 ± 3.8

8.0 ± 4.6

<0.001 *

Highest Education Level (%)

 No formal school

20 (2.6)

70 (9.6)

90 (6.1)

 

 Less than Primary school

35 (4.6)

188 (25.7)

223 (15.0)

 

 Primary school completed

167 (22.1)

301 (41.2)

468 (31.5)

 

 Secondary school completed

176 (23.3)

102 (14.0)

278 (18.7)

 

 High school completed

157 (20.8)

29 (4.0)

186 (12.5)

 

 College/university completed

185 (24.5)

26 (3.6)

211 (14.2)

 

 Post graduate degree

15 (2.0)

13 (1.8)

28 (1.9)

<0.001 *

Income (%) a

 Less than 1.9 USD per day

313 (45.5)

470 (66.5)

783 (56.1)

 

 1.9 to <3.1 USD per day

156 (22.7)

126 (17.8)

282 (20.2)

 

 3.1 USD per day and above

219 (31.8)

111 (15.7)

330 (23.7)

<0.001 *

  1. #p- value for differences between urban and rural values *p-value <0.05 from Wald test
  2. aMissing respondents - 91 due to refuse; (exchange rate:1 USD = 953.8 Myanmar Kyat as of 05-11-2013)