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Table 1 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population studies in 2005 and 2016

From: Explaining income-related inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in Tunisian adults during the last decade: comparison of sensitivity analysis of logistic regression and Wagstaff decomposition analysis

Study

TAHINA-2005

N = 7553

THES-2016

N = 5449

N

Weighted %

N

Weighted %

Characteristics

Gender

 Male

3233

49.6

2610

49.8

 Female

4320

50.4

2839

50.2

Age-Groups (years)

 35–44

2992

43.2

1803

37.5

 45–54

2469

31.0

1708

31.5

 55–64

1319

17.2

1443

23.4

 65–70

773

8.5

495

7.6

Mean age

49.0 ± 9.5

49.2 ± 9.7

Area

 Urban

4372

67.7

3606

67.6

 Rural

3181

32.3

1843

32.4

Region

 District of Tunis

925

24.4

685

23.2

 North East

1024

14.0

799

15.0

 North West

1124

13.0

886

11.8

 Centre East

1099

22.4

836

24.6

 Centre West

1176

12.3

763

11.9

 South East

1070

8.4

708

8.0

 South West

1135

5.5

772

5.5

Level of education

 Illiterate

3258

34.9

1240

19.3

 Primary

2588

35.1

2117

39.2

 Secondary

1233

20.1

1472

28.9

 University

474

9.8

620

12.6

Occupation

 Upper

980

15.8

484

10

 Intermediate

359

6.0

317

6.8

 Employee/worker

2370

35.0

2187

43.4

 Unemployed/retired

3844

43.2

2461

39.9

Household income

 1st quintile

1510

15.7

1089

18.1

 2nd quintile

1510

17.3

1090

19.0

 3rd quintile

1511

20.6

1090

20.9

 4th quintile

1511

21.0

1090

21.5

 5th quintile

1511

25.4

1090

20.5