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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study sample

From: The epidemiology of primary headache disorders in Zambia: a population-based door-to-door survey

 

All n (%)

Rural n (%)

Urban n (%)

P -value a

Total

1,085 (100.0)

198 (100.0)

887 (100.0)

 

Gender

   

<0.0001

Female

635 (58.5)

75 (37.9)

560 (63.1)

 

Male

450 (41.5)

123 (62.1)

327 (36.9)

Age (years)

   

0.0004

18-29

370 (34.1)

93 (47.0)

277 (31.2)

 

30-39

361 (33.3)

51 (25.8)

310 (35.0)

40-49

207 (19.1)

33 (16.7)

174 (19.6)

50-65

147 (13.5)

21 (10.6)

126 (14.2)

Marital status

   

<0.0001

Single

310 (28.6)

72 (36.4)

238 (26.8)

 

Married

549 (50.6)

108 (54.6)

441 (49.7)

Widowed

114 (10.5)

13 (6.6)

101 (11.4)

Divorced

110 (10.1)

5 (2.5)

105 (11.8)

Educational level

   

<0.0001

None/primary

270 (24.9)

71 (35.9)

199 (22.4)

 

Secondary

584 (53.8)

78 (39.4)

506 (57.1)

Higher

225 (20.7)

49 (24.8)

176 (19.8)

Employment

   

<0.0001

Unemployed

476 (43.9)

117 (59.1)

359 (40.5)

 

Unskilled

282 (26.0)

51 (25.8)

231 (26.0)

Skilled

174 (16.0)

19 (9.6)

155 (17.5)

Professional

137 (12.6)

11 (5.6)

126 (14.2)

Income per month

   

<0.0001

≤ USD 40

258 (23.8)

121 (61.1)

137 (15.5)

 

> USD 40

827 (76.2)

77 (38.9)

750 (84.6)

  1. a P-values (Chi-squared) compared distributions within the variable between rural and urban participants.