Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study samples, by country (SAGE Wave 1)

Sample size

13,157

4,305

6,560

2,318

3,938

3,836

34,114

Male

49.8

52.4

51.0

46.8

41.9

44.1

47.2

Female

50.2

47.6

49.0

53.2

58.1

55.9

52.8

Urban

47.3

41.1

28.9

78.8

70.1

64.9

50.4

Rural

52.7

58.9

71.1

21.2

29.9

35.1

49.6

50-59

44.9

39.7

48.6

48.1

44.1

49.9

45.8

60-69

31.9

27.5

30.9

25.6

26.7

30.6

29.7

70-79

18.6

23.1

16.0

17.8

21.4

14.0

18.7

80+

4.6

9.7

4.5

8.6

7.7

5.5

5.8

No formal education

23.1

54.0

51.2

17.2

0.5

25.2

23.8

Less than primary

18.9

10.4

10.0

38.4

1.2

24.0

10.1

Primary school completed

21.0

10.9

14.8

24.0

5.3

22.4

13.5

Secondary school completed

19.9

4.0

10.2

9.9

17.9

14.2

16.0

High school completed

12.6

17.1

8.6

2.4

54.3

8.4

26.2

College completed

4.4

3.4

3.4

5.5

20.7

3.9

9.9

Post graduate degree completed

0.1

0.2

1.7

2.6

0.1

1.8

0.6

Lowest

16.3

18.2

18.2

15.3

13.3

20.7

15.9

Second

18.1

19.1

19.5

24.7

17.1

19.9

18.2

Third

20.5

20.5

18.8

16.8

19.6

18.2

19.6

Fourth

23.4

20.7

19.6

16.6

22.1

19.8

21.7

Highest

21.8

21.6

23.9

26.6

27.8

21.3

24.5

Never smoker

64.2

75.5

45.5

60.7

65.4

67.7

59.4

Not current smokers

6.6

14.2

4.7

19.1

13.2

9.5

8.5

Current smokers, not daily

2.5

2.6

2.9

6.9

2.0

3.4

2.5

Current smokers, daily

26.7

7.6

46.9

13.3

19.4

19.4

29.6

Life time abstainer

74.2

57.8

92.5

64.3

33.7

84.5

69.8

Non-heavy drinkers

18.2

39.5

6.9

29.3

55.4

11.5

24.3

Infrequent heavy drinkers

1.2

1.2

0.4

6.2

8.5

3.0

2.9

Frequent heavy drinkers

6.4

1.5

0.2

0.1

2.5

1.0

3.0

Sufficient

64.3

31.1

9.4

18.6

19.0

31.5

38.1

Insufficient

35.7

68.9

90.6

81.4

81.0

68.5

61.9

High

44.4

61.7

52.3

39.6

61.7

28.2

52.5

Moderate

27.3

12.5

22.8

22.4

15.4

12.3

21.2

Low

28.3

25.8

25.0

38.0

22.9

59.5

26.3