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Table 1 Socio-demographics of study participants

From: A case-control study of musculoskeletal impairment: association with socio-economic status, time use and quality of life in post-conflict Myanmar

  

Cases (n = 108)

Controls (n = 104)

Age-Sex adj OR (95% CI)

  

%

%

Gender

Male

89%

89%

Ref.¤

Female

11%

11%

1.0 (0.4–2.5)

Age

18–39

43%

42%

Ref.

40–59

44%

44%

1.1 (0.5–1.7)

60+

14%

13%

1.0 (0.5–1.7)

Marital Status

Married

64%

72%

Ref.

Not Married

36%

28%

1.6 (0.9–2.9)

Religion

Theravada Buddhism

90%

93%

1.6 (0.6–4.3)

Other

10%

6%

Ref.

Ethnicity

Bamar

76%

80%

Ref.

Kayin

12%

10%

1.3 (0.6–3.2)

Rakhine

6%

6%

1.0 (0.3–3.3)

Other

7%

5%

1.4 (0.4–4.6)

Literacy

Reads well

77%

88%

Ref.

Reads a little

16%

10%

1.9 (0.8–4.5)

Does not read at all

7%

3%

3.1 (0.8–12.1)

Employment status

In the field only

5%

36%

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

Job other than in the field

26%%

59%

Ref.

No job and no work in the field

69%

6%

27.4 (10.6–70.7)

Head of household

Yes

57%

74%

Ref.

No

43%

26%

3.7 (1.7–8.0)

  1. ¤Denotes reference group in odds ratio calculation throughout