Table 1 Socio-demographic descriptors of respondents who self-reported oral health problems in year prior, adults aged 50 years and over in China, Ghana, and India, 2007-2010a
China (1591) | Ghana (425) | India (1307) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 725 (47.85) | 218 (54.20) | 614 (48.23) |
Female | 866 (52.15) | 207 (45.80) | 693 (51.77) | |
Age (years) | 50–59 | 508 (34.50) | 149 (36.75) | 452 (39.74) |
60–69 | 491 (32.79) | 109 (25.04) | 455 (32.51) | |
70–79 | 437 (24.54) | 111 (25.99) | 285 (20.63) | |
80+ | 155 (08.16) | 56 (12.22) | 115 (07.11) | |
Residence | Urban | 606 (37.73) | 162 (37.06) | 285 (27.30) |
Rural | 985 (62.27) | 263 (62.94) | 1022 (72.70) | |
Marital status | Never married | 13 (01.08) | 3 (00.95) | 16 (00.93) |
Married/cohabiting | 1241 (80.77) | 224 (57.13) | 870 (70.93) | |
Divorced/separated | 337 (18.15) | 198 (41.92) | 421 (28.14) | |
Household wealth (quintiles) | 1 (Highest) | 242 (16.40) | 81 (19.24) | 273 (22.79) |
2 | 297 (21.21) | 88 (21.59) | 253 (17.95) | |
3 | 323 (22.13) | 84 (21.37) | 260 (20.32) | |
4 | 330 (19.97) | 78 (16.86) | 270 (18.68) | |
5 (Lowest) | 399 (20.29) | 94 (20.94) | 251 (20.26) | |
Education | University | 58 (03.43) | 13 (03.20) | 36 (03.56) |
Secondary | 351 (22.50) | 91 (21.56) | 190 (17.22) | |
Primary | 631 (41.93) | 81 (20.71) | 343 (25.90) | |
No-school | 551 (32.14) | 240 (54.53) | 738 (53.33) | |
Work status | Never worked | 126 (06.61) | 1 (00.17) | 381 (26.83) |
Current worker | 681 (45.34) | 281 (67.13) | 447 (37.73) | |
Non-current worker | 784 (48.06) | 143 (32.70) | 479 (35.44) | |
Self-rated health | Good | 377 (25.27) | 140 (34.39) | 260 (23.10) |
Moderate | 715 (43.15) | 170 (39.90) | 642 (46.01) | |
Bad | 499 (31.58) | 115 (25.71) | 405 (30.89) |