Exposure to Messages on Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases in a Rural Province of Vietnam

Table 1

General characteristics of the study sample (n= 2970).

Variables	n	%
Gender
Male	1331	48.8
Female	1639	55.2
Occupation
Retired	137	4.6
Farmer	1420	47.8
Others	1413	47.6
Location
Plains (21 lowland clusters)	2120	71.4
Mountainous (9 mountainous clusters)	850	28.6
Education
High school or lower	2585	87.0
University/higher	385	13.0
Household wealth index
1st quintile-Poorest	597	20.1
2nd quintile-Poor	571	19.2
3rd quintile-Average	601	20.2
4th quintile-Rich	595	20.0
5th quintile- Richest	606	20.4
Age
15-59 years	2168	73.0
60 years and above	802	27.0
Age (Mean; SD)	46.3; 18.7

included government staff, small traders, army, providing personal services, providing social services, etc.