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Table 2 Demographic and economic characteristics of participants in each group in the two surveys

From: Motivating non-physician health workers to reduce the behavioral risk factors of non-communicable diseases in the community: a field trial study

Socioeconomic Factors

Total

n = 2446

Intervention Package/Group

A

n = 445

B

n = 463

C

n = 465

D

n = 450

None

n = 623

Survey 1

n = 1225

Survey 2

n = 1221

Survey 1

n = 225

Survey 2

n = 220

Survey 1

n = 232

Survey 2

n = 231

Survey 1

n = 239

Survey 2

n = 226

Survey 1

n = 224

Survey 2

n = 226

Survey1

n = 305

Survey 2

n = 318

Mean Age (Standard Deviation)

49.3 (0.33)

49.4 (0.32)

49.5 (0.76)

49.6 (0.74)

49.3 (0.73)

49.3 (0.76)

49.9 (0.73)

49.1 (0.74)

48.9 (0.78)

49.1 (0.73)

48.8 (0.65)

49.7 (0.63)

p-value

0.831

0.968

          

Sex:

 Male (%)

611 (49.9)

606 (49.6)

112 (49.8)

107 (48.6)

117 (50.4)

117 (50.6)

113 (47.3)

107 (47.4)

110 (49.1)

117 (51.8)

159 (52.1)

158 (49.7)

 Female (%)

614 (50.1)

615 (50.4)

113 (50.2)

113 (51.4)

115 (49.6)

114 (49.4)

126 (52.7)

119 (52.6)

114 (50.9)

109 (48.2)

146 (47.9)

160 (50.3)

p-value

0.853

0.899

          

Education:

 Illiterate or Primary School (%)

497 (43.5)

517 (42.5)

105 (50.0)

122 (55.5)

109 (49.1)

116 (50.4)

117 (52.5)

121 (53.8)

88 (47.3)

83 (36.7)

78 (25.8)

75 (23.7)

 Secondary School (%)

158 (13.8)

196 (16.1)

19 (9.0)

35 (15.9)

39 (17.6)

39 (17.0)

20 (9.0)

30 (13.3)

27 (14.5)

44 (19.5)

53 (17.6)

48 (15.1)

 High School (%)

365 (31.9)

368 (30.2)

65 (31.0)

43 (19.6)

58 (26.1)

64 (27.8)

68 (30.5)

52 (23.1)

45 (24.2)

70 (31.0)

129 (42.7)

139 (43.9)

 Some College (%)

123 (10.8)

137 (11.2)

21 (10.0)

2 (9.0)

16 (7.2)

11 (4.8)

18 (8.0)

22 (9.8)

26 (14.0)

29 (12.8)

42 (13.9)

55 (17.3)

p-value

0.001>

0.001>

          

Marital Status:

 Never Married (%)

82 (7.0)

84 (6.9)

12 (5.7)

7 (3.2)

9 (4.0)

13 (5.7)

18 (8.1)

12 (5.4)

19 (9.0)

22 (9.7)

24 (7.9)

30 (9.4)

 Married (%)

996 (85.4)

1039 (85.4)

187 (89.5)

198 (90.4)

190 (86.0)

194 (84.7)

187 (84.2)

198 (88.4)

176 (83.0)

185 (81.9)

256 (84.8)

264 (83.0)

 Divorced/Widowed (%)

88 (7.6)

93 (7.7)

10 (4.8)

14 (6.4)

22 (10.0)

22 (9.6)

17 (7.7)

14 (6.2)

17 (8.0)

19 (8.4)

22 (7.3)

24 (7.6)

p-value

0.456

0.581

          

Job:

 Public Wage and Salary (%)

101 (8.7)

75 (6.2)

13 (6.3)

8 (3.6)

18 (8.1)

14 (6.1)

16 (7.2)

15 (6.8)

20 (9.4)

13 (5.8)

34 (11.4)

25 (7.9)

 Private Wage and Salary (%)

104 (9.0)

92 (7.6)

21 (10.1)

31 (14.0)

21 (9.5)

15 (6.5)

28 (12.7)

21 (9.6)

12 (5.7)

18 (8.1)

22 (7.4)

7 (2.2)

 Self-Employed (%)

316 (27.2)

292 (24.1)

53 (25.5)

46 (20.8)

54 (24.3)

56 (24.6)

32 (14.5)

49 (22.3)

86 (40.6)

58 (26.0)

91 (30.5)

83 (26.1)

 Homemaker (%)

491 (42.3)

563 (46.5)

89 (42.8)

103 (47.1)

98 (44.1)

110 (47.8)

110 (49.8)

105 (47.7)

73 (34.4)

102 (45.7)

121 (40.6)

143 (45.0)

 Retired (%)

91 (7.8)

132 (10.9)

20 (9.6)

24 (10.9)

19 (8.6)

24 (10.4)

22 (10.0)

19 (8.6)

12 (5.7)

25 (11.2)

18 (6.0)

40 (12.6)

 Unemployed (%)

58 (5.0)

57 (4.7)

12 (5.8)

8 (3.6)

12 (5.4)

11 (4.8)

13 (5.9)

11 (5.0)

9 (4.25)

7 (3.1)

12 (4.0)

20 (6.2)

p-value

0.031

0.307

          

Health Insurance:

 Insured (%)

1035 (92.6)

1152 (94.7)

203 (96.2)

209 (95.4)

209 (94.6)

205 (90.3)

171 (96.1)

210 (92.9)

164 (78.8)

215 (95.1)

288 (96.0)

313 (98.4)

 Uninsured (%)

83 (7.4)

64 (5.3)

8 (3.8)

10 (4.6)

12 (5.4)

22 (9.7)

7 (3.9)

16 (7.1)

44 (21.2)

11 (4.9)

12 (4.0)

5 (1.6)

p-value

0.001>

0.001

          

Homeownership:

 Yes (%)

898 (83.8)

1027 (85.1)

183 (87.6)

171 (79.2)

170 (86.3)

209 (92.9)

164 (92.7)

192 (86.1)

135 (70.7)

175 (77.4)

246 (82.8)

280 (88.3)

 No (%)

173 (16.2)

180 (14.9)

26 (12.4)

45 (20.8)

27 (13.7)

16 (7.1)

13 (7.3)

31 (13.9)

56 (29.3)

51 (22.6)

51 (17.2)

37 (11.7)

p-value

0.001>

0.001>

          
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