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Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle determinants of the studied sample

From: Health-related quality of life in a general population sample in Kazakhstan and its sociodemographic and occupational determinants

Variable

Overall

Men

Women

N

1500 (100)

748 (50)

752 (50)

Age, years*

49 (28)

45 (29)

54 (23)

Education, N (%)*

 Secondary school

15 (1)

8 (1)

7 (1)

 High school

282 (19)

179 (24)

103 (14)

 College

416 (28)

173 (23)

243 (32)

 University

764 (51)

373 (50)

391 (52)

 Academic degree

23 (1)

15 (2)

8 (1)

Monthly income, N (%)*

 10,000 tenge or less

535 (36)

242 (32)

293 (39)

 100,000–500,000 tenge

925 (62)

485 (65)

440 (59)

 More than 500,000 tenge

36 (2)

20 (3)

16 (2)

Cigarette smoking, N (%)*

 Never

620 (41)

152 (20)

469 (62)

 Former

418 (28)

269 (36)

149 (20)

 Current

462 (31)

327 (44)

134 (18)

Current waterpipe smoking, N (%)*

143 (10)

109 (15)

34 (5)

Current electronic cigarette use, N (%)*

45 (3)

34 (5)

11 (1)

Exposure to secondhand smoke, N (%)*

610 (41)

331 (44)

279 (37)

Regular physical activity, N (%)

462 (31)

248 (33)

214 (28)

Alcohol use, N (%)*

 Never

746 (50)

310 (41)

436 (58)

 Small amount sometimes

480 (32)

233 (31)

247 (33)

 Moderate amount sometimes

185 (12)

132 (18)

53 (7)

 At least once a week

89 (6)

73 (10)

16 (2)

  1. SHS secondhand smoke; pairwise comparisons are from χ2 test or Mann–Whitney U-test. Tests of education, household income, cigarette smoking and alcohol use are from 2 * 5 2 * 3 and 2 * 4 tests; * – p < 0.05