Prevalence and predictors of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among women aged 15–49 years across urban and rural India: findings from a nationwide survey

Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of the study participants

Variables	Rural		Urban		Total
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
15–19	88,000	18.0	34,543	14.7	122,543	16.9
20–24	82,885	17.0	36,555	15.5	119,440	16.5
25–29	78,873	16.1	38,272	16.3	117,145	16.2
30–34	65,992	13.5	34,392	14.6	100,384	13.9
35–39	63,683	13.0	33,869	14.4	97,552	13.5
40–44	53,130	10.9	28,657	12.2	81,787	11.3
45–49	56,272	11.5	28,991	12.3	85,263	11.8
Marital Status
Never married	111,033	22.7	61,041	25.9	172,074	23.8
Ever married	377,803	77.3	174,237	74.1	552,040	76.2
Education
No education	132,805	27.2	29,646	12.6	162,451	22.4
Primary	63,842	13.1	21,081	9.0	84,923	11.7
Secondary	241,060	49.3	122,335	52.0	363,395	50.2
Higher	51,130	10.5	62,216	26.4	113,346	15.7
Caste
Schedule Caste	112,893	24.2	45,590	20.5	158,453	23.0
Schedule tribe	57,554	12.3	9709	4.4	67,263	9.8
OBC	210,636	45.1	100,147	45.0	310,783	45.1
Others	89,598	18.4	67,072	30.1	153,030	22.2
Wealth Index
Poorest	127,341	26.0	6632	2.8	133,973	18.5
Poorer	128,318	26.2	16,496	7.0	144,814	20.0
Middle	111,508	22.8	37,108	15.8	148,616	20.5
Richer	81,145	16.6	69,536	29.6	150,681	20.8
Richest	40,525	8.3	105,507	44.8	146,032	20.2
Religion
Hindu	407,716	83.4	181,448	77.1	589,164	81.4
Muslims	57,057	11.7	40,538	17.2	97,595	13.5
Others	24,063	4.9	13,293	5.6	37,356	5.2
Regions
North	65,296	13.4	36,904	15.7	102,200	14.1
Central	134,064	27.4	46,164	19.6	180,228	24.9
East	126,397	25.9	38,431	16.3	164,828	22.8
Northeast	21,488	4.4	5258	2.2	26,746	3.7
West	55,281	11.3	46,755	19.9	102,036	14.1
South	86,310	17.7	61,767	26.3	148,077	20.4
Total	488,836	67.5	235,279	32.5	724,115	100.0

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