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Table 1 Frequency distribution of Demographic and Socioeconomic factors

From: Construction and validation of CAPSES scale as a composite indicator of SES for health research: an application to modeling social determinants of cardiovascular diseases

Variable

 

Number

Percent

Age(years)

20–29

25,498

27.8

30–39

19,280

21.0

40–49

17,167

18.7

50–59

14,816

16.1

60–69

8848

9.6

70–79

4666

5.1

80–89

1479

1.6

 + 90

76

.1

Sex

Male

45,990

50.1

Female

45,824

49.9

Marital status

Married

59,659

66.2

Widow or Divorced

5917

6.6

Single

24,599

27.3

Literacy

Illiterate

6684

7.3

Primary school

8171

9.0

Middle school

10,867

11.9

High school

37,633

41.2

University

27,914

30.6

Skill level

Level 1

2662

12.6

Level 2

12,170

57.5

Level 3

2591

12.3

Level 4

3724

17.6

Expenditure

Lowest

17,709

19.6

Low

17,823

19.8

Moderate

17,851

19.8

High

18,013

20.0

Highest

18,835

20.9

Wealth Index

poorest

6364

20.3

poor

6160

19.6

moderate

6445

20.5

rich

6315

20.1

richest

6088

19.4

Townsend Index

Most affluent

20,006

22.9

Affluent

20,734

23.8

Moderate

17,325

19.9

Deprived

12,040

13.8

Most deprived

17,097

19.6