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Table 1 Comparison of Demographic Characteristics of Ciliwung sample with matched control group, Jakarta group, Indonesian general population group

Characteristic	Level	Ciliwung N = 204		Matched control N = 204		Jakarta N = 305		General population N = 1041
Characteristic	Level	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age	17–30 years	80	39.2	80	39.2	105	34.4	412	39.6
	31–50 years	88	43.1	88	43.1	151	49.5	434	41.7
	> 50 years	36	17.7	36	17.7	49	16.1	195	18.7
Gender	Male	102	50.0	102	50.0	137	44.9	521	50.1
Gender	Female	102	50.0	102	50.0	168	55.1	520	49.9
Level of Education (highest)	Primary school or lower	71	34.8	68	33.3	74	24.3^*	334	32.1
	High school	129	63.2	132	64.7	190	62.3	546	52.4^*
	College/University	4	2.0	4	2.0	41	13.4^*	161	15.5^*
Income/month (Euro)	< 500 K IDR (< 30)	108	52.9	108	52.9	94	30.8^*	507	48.7
	500-2500 K IDR (30–150)	68	33.3	68	33.3	109	35.8	354	34.0
	2500-5000 K IDR (150–300)	26	12.8	26	12.8	79	25.9^*	130	12.5
	5000-10,000 K IDR (300–600)	2	1.0	2	1.0	19	6.2^*	40	3.8^*
	> 10,000 K IDR (> 600)	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	1.3	10	1.0
Ethnicity	Batavian	99	48.5	34	16.6^*	109	35.7^*	110	10.6^*
	Javanese	55	27.0	81	39.7^*	82	26.9	433	41.6^*
	Sundanese	39	19.1	34	16.7	8	2.6^*	198	19.0
	Sumatran	6	2.9	25	12.3^*	64	21.0^*	129	12.48
	Other	5	2.5	30	14.7^*	42	13.8^*	171	16.4^*
Religion	Islam	203	99.5	203	99.5^*	292	95.7^*	911	87.5^*
	Christian	1	0.5	1	0.5^*	7	2.3	99	9.5^*
	Others	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	2.0^*	31	3.0^*
Marital Status	Married	154	75.5	128	62.7^*	196	64.3^*	619	59.5^*
Marital Status	Divorced/Single	50	24.5	76	37.3^*	109	35.7^*	422	40.5^*

^*Difference of proportion between Ciliwung and corresponding groups: control, Jakarta, general population, statistically significant (p-value< 0.05)

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