Lifecourse Urbanization, Social Demography, and Health Outcomes among a National Cohort of 71,516 Adults in Thailand
Table 1
Thai cohort sociodemographic characteristics by lifecourse urbanization, 2005.
Cohort characteristics
Overall
Lifecourse urbanization* (%)
Rural-rural
Rural-urban
Urban-urban
71,516
45.3 (32,006)
31.9 (22,591)
18.8 (13,267)
Demographic characteristics
Age-sex
Males
20–29 yrs
16,872
23.6
25.4
22.1
22.1
30–39 yrs
13,745
19.2
18.8
21.0
16.5
Females
20–29 yrs
27,334
38.2
39.6
37.3
37.7
30–39 yrs
13,563
19.0
16.1
19.7
23.7
Marital status
Single
40,697
61.6
62.1
57.6
68.8
Partnered
22,931
34.7
34.5
38.5
23.2
Divorced/divorced/widowed
2,455
3.7
3.4
3.9
4.0
Household size
1
1,971
2.8
1.7
4.8
2.0
2–4
34,534
48.4
46.2
51.4
48.1
5+
34,846
48.8
52.1
43.8
49.9
Socioeconomic characteristics
Monthly income (Baht/month)
≤3000
7,727
10.8
14.9
5.6
9.5
3001–7000
23,874
33.4
39.0
29.4
27.3
7001–10000
18,329
27.3
25.4
31.8
24.9
10001–20000
15,707
22.5
17.8
26.5
26.6
>20000
4,172
6.0
2.9
6.7
11.6
Household assets (Baht value)
0–30000
31,311
44.0
54.0
43.9
22.2
30001–60000
21,949
30.9
31.0
30.7
30.4
>60000
17,899
25.2
15.0
25.4
47.4
Job type
Professionals
9,780
18.5
18.1
16.7
22.2
Managers
8,033
15.2
13.6
16.0
16.7
Skilled workers
5,284
10.0
9.4
11.1
9.1
Office assistants
21,074
39.8
39.8
38.4
42.6
Manual workers
8,812
16.6
19.1
17.7
9.4
Urbanization group based on residence at age 12 and again when responding to the baseline questionnaire in 2005, column percents for each variable by urbanisation group.
**Multiple responses allowed.
