Table 1 Participant characteristics. SAGE WOPS 2010–13
Description | N = 1495 | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Country | |||
South Africa | Country of survey | 514 | 34.4 |
Uganda | 981 | 65.6 | |
Age groups | |||
50–59 | Current age of the participants | 860 | 57.5 |
60–69 | 301 | 20.1 | |
70–79 | 232 | 15.5 | |
79+ | 102 | 6.8 | |
Sex | |||
Male | Sexual orientation | 722 | 48.3 |
Female | 773 | 51.7 | |
Marital status | |||
Not Married | Current living arrangement | 312 | 20.9 |
Married/Cohabitating | 1183 | 79.1 | |
Religion | |||
Catholic | Religious affiliation | 1086 | 72.6 |
Islam/Other | 409 | 27.4 | |
Living condition | |||
Satisfactory | Self-reported situation of living environment | 870 | 58.7 |
Neural | 426 | 28.5 | |
Not Satisfactory | 199 | 12.8 | |
Tobacco | |||
Yes | History of tobacco use | 387 | 25.7 |
No | 1108 | 74.3 | |
Alcohol | |||
Yes | History of alcohol use | 865 | 57.8 |
No | 629 | 42.2 | |
Multimorbidity | |||
0 | Total number of diagnosed NCDs | 1070 | 71.6 |
1 | 311 | 20.8 | |
> 1 | 114 | 7.6 | |
Sleep difficulty | |||
None | Self-reported difficulty in falling asleep | 669 | 44.7 |
Mild/Moderate | 481 | 32.2 | |
Severe/Extreme | 345 | 23.1 | |
SRH | |||
Good | Self-rated health status today | 604 | 40.4 |
Moderate | 624 | 41.7 | |
Bad | 267 | 17.9 | |
QoL | |||
Good | Self-reported quality of life | 299 | 20.0 |
Moderate | 685 | 45.8 | |
Bad | 497 | 33.2 | |
No. of ADL difficulties | |||
None | Number of self-reported difficulties | 175 | 11.71 |
1–3 | 635 | 42.47 | |
4–6 | 463 | 30.97 | |
> 6 | 222 | 14.85 | |