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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the samples used in the metric analyses

From: Measuring functioning and disability using household surveys: metric properties of the brief version of the WHO and World Bank model disability survey

Sociodemographic Characteristics

Sri Lanka

(N = 3000)

Chile

(N = 12,265)

N

%

N

%

Gender

 Male

2602

86,73

5307

43,27

 Female

398

13,27

6958

56,73

Marital Status

 Never married

395

13,17

3784

30,85

 Married

2248

74,93

4324

35,25

 Cohabiting

36

1,20

1787

14,57

 Separated/divorced

61

2,03

1186

9,67

 Widowed

260

8,67

1184

9,65

Education Level

 No schooling or no grade completed

116

3,87

1321

10,77

 Elementary education

354

11,80

2336

19,05

 Vocational education

86

2,87

1201

9,79

 Secondary school

2411

80,37

5172

42,17

 University

16

0,53

2013

16,41

 Post-graduate studies

7

0,23

217

1,77

 Other

10

0,33

5

0,04

Work Situation

 Working

2699

89,97

7090

57,81