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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample

From: Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in Burkina Faso: a countrywide cross-sectional study

Variables

Population

 

Urban n (%)

Rural n (%)

Total n (%)

Age groups

 25 to 34

460 (42.06)

1635 (41.95)

2095 (41.98)

 35 to 44

276 (27.84)

888 (27.76)

1164 (27.78)

 45 to 54

184 (19.18)

650 (18.57)

834 (18.74)

 55 to 64

109 (10.92)

427 (11.72)

536 (11.50)

Sex

 Male

457 (42.13)

1773 (47.29)

2230 (45.85)

 Female

572 (57.87)

1827 (52.71)

2399 (54.15)

Education

 None

508 (53.43)

3067 (86.55)

3575 (77.33)

 Primary

278 (25.33)

438 (11.42)

716 (15.29)

 Secondary/Tertiary

243 (21.24)

87 (2.03)

330 (7.38)

Marital status

 Single

171 (15.31)

156 (3.5)

327 (6.79)

 Married

772 (76.32)

3218 (91.45)

3990 (87.24)

 Divorced/Widowed

85 (8.37)

222 (5.05)

307 (5.97)

Occupational status

 Wage earner

192 (17.02)

66 (1.55)

258 (5.86)

 Self-employed

480 (44.28)

2730 (75.09)

3210 (66.52)

 Jobless

101 (9.6)

44 (0.99)

145 (3.38)

 House maker

256 (29.1)

760 (22.37)

1016 (24.24)