Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Botswana: A Nationally Representative Population-Based Survey

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants, by gender (unweighted).

Participant characteristic	All 4,007		Male		Female
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Female	2,709	67.6
Male	1,298	32.4
Missing	0	0.0
Age group
15–29 years	1,537	38.4	554	42.7	983	36.3
30–49 years	1,640	40.9	509	39.2	1,131	41.8
50–69 years	830	20.7	235	18.1	595	22.0
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Median age in year (IQR)	34 (25–47)		32 (24–45)		35 (26–47)
Marital status
Never married	2,600	64.9	874	67.3	1,726	63.7
Married or cohabiting	1,171	29.2	381	29.4	790	29.2
Separated, widowed, or divorced	231	5.8	42	3.2	189	7.0
Missing	5	0.1	1	0.1	4	0.2
Ethnic group
Motswana	3,861	96.4	1,241	95.6	2,620	96.7
Other African	134	3.3	52	4.0	82	3.0
European	2	0.1	0	0.0	2	0.1
Asian	3	0.1	2	0.2	1	0.0
Other	6	0.2	2	0.2	4	0.2
Missing	1	0.0	1	0.1	0	0.0
Education
No formal schooling	373	9.3	126	9.7	247	9.1
Primary (1–7 years)	946	23.6	265	20.4	681	25.1
Secondary (8–12 years)	1,985	49.5	624	48.1	1,361	50.2
Tertiary and higher (>12 years)	703	17.5	283	21.8	420	15.5
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Employment status
Employed	1,086	27.1	465	35.8	621	22.9
Self-employed	483	12.1	226	17.4	257	9.5
Unpaid homemaker	603	15.1	103	7.9	500	18.5
Student or retired	513	12.8	195	15.0	318	11.7
Unemployed	1,320	32.9	309	23.8	1,011	37.3
Missing	2	0.1	0	0.0	2	0.1
Rural district
Urban	710	17.7	236	18.2	474	17.5
Rural	3,297	82.3	1,062	81.8	2,235	82.5
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0