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Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of respondents, Reunion, 2016

From: A cross sectional survey to estimate prevalence and associated factors of asthma on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean

 

N observed

% estimated

95% CI

Gender

 Male

1080

47.3%

[45.0%; 49.6%]

 Female

1339

52.7%

[50.4%; 55.0%]

Age groups

 18–19 years

138

8.3%

[7.0%; 9.6%]

 20–24 years

401

18.1%

[16.3%; 19.9%]

 25–29 years

301

17.3%

[15.5%; 19.1%]

 30–34 years

369

17.2%

[15.4%; 19.0%]

 35–39 years

460

18.7%

[16.9%; 20.5%]

 40–44 years

750

20.4%

[18.5%; 22.3%]

Occupation-status

 Actively employed (salaried or otherwise)

1271

48.4%

[46.1%; 50.7%]

 Actively unemployed

521

22.7%

[20.7%; 24.7%]

 Never worked (inactive)

179

9.4%

[8.0%; 10.8%]

 Other inactive (retirees…)

448

19.5%

[17.6%; 21.4%]

Socio-professional categories

 Clerks

747

29.6%

[27.5%; 31.7%]

 Laborers

419

18.6%

[16.8%; 20.4%]

 Intermediate occupations

368

13.7%

[12,1%; 15,3%]

 Senior managers, liberal professions

170

5.6%

[4.5%; 6.7%]

 Artisans, traders, company managers

64

2.6%

[27.5%; 31.7%]

 Farmers

24

1.0%

[0.5%; 1.5%]

 Others and inactives

627

28.8%

[26.7%; 30.9%]

Marital status

 Single

1256

56.2%

[53.9%; 58.5%]

 Married or civil partnership

674

23.1%

[21.1%; 25.1%]

 Not married but cohabiting

394

17.9%

[16.1%; 19.7%]

 Divorced

74

2.2%

[1.5%; 2.9%]

 Widower

10

0.3%

[0.0%; 0.6%]

 Unspecified

11

0.5%

[0.2%; 0.8%]

Place of birth

 Reunion

1914

79.6%

[77.7%; 81.5%]

 Mainland France

370

14.4%

[12.8%; 16.0%]

 Mayotte

39

2.5%

[1.8%; 3.2%]

 Madagascar

38

1.4%

[0.9%; 1.9%]

 Mauritius

19

0.6%

[0.2%; 1.0%]

 Other

39

1.5%

[0.9%; 2.1%]

Length of time in Reunion

 Less than 5 years

153

7.0%

[5.8%; 8.2%]

 Between 5 and 10 years

107

4.4%

[3.4%; 5.4%]

 Between 10 and 15 years

138

4.5%

[3.5%; 5.5%]

 Between 15 and 30 years

895

43.8%

[41.5%; 46.1%]

 More than 30 years

1125

40.2%

[37.9%; 42.5%]

 Unspecified

1

0.0%

Total

2419

100%