The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) reveal?

Table 1 Percent distribution of selected socio-demographic characteristics, by country and for the pooled sample, WHO SAGE Wave 1 (2007/10)

	China	Ghana	India	Mexico	Russia	South Africa	All countries, total (pooled)	Men (pooled)	Women (pooled)
N	14,793	5108	11,230	2732	4152	4221	42,236	18,243	23,993
Age Group
18–49	74.2	75.4	75.2	73.6	58.7	75.9	70.7	71.8	69.5
50–59	11.6	9.8	12.0	12.7	18.7	12.0	14.6	14.5	14.7
60–69	8.2	6.8	7.7	6.8	10.2	7.4	8.4	8.2	8.6
70+	6.0	8.1	5.1	7.0	12.5	4.7	6.4	5.6	7.2
Sex
Male	50.9	50.0	50.9	48.0	45.0	47.2	50.7	–	–
Female	49.1	50.0	49.1	52.0	55.0	52.8	49.3	–	–
Residence
Urban	48.5	45.8	25.5	77.8	81.5	69.3	44.6	44.0	45.2
Rural	51.5	54.2	74.5	22.2	18.5	30.7	55.4	56.0	54.8
Marital status
Never married	5.7	8.4	9.4	21.3	12.8	31	8.4	10.5	6.3
Currently married/Cohabiting	89.0	72.6	81.9	69.6	61.1	52.8	83.3	85.3	81.3
Widowed/Divorced/Separated	5.3	19.0	8.7	9.1	26.0	16.1	8.3	4.2	12.4
Years of schooling
No formal schooling	8.4	32.7	36.2	5.9	0.3	7.8	18.3	11.3	25.6
1–5 years	16.0	9.6	17.6	20.2	2.4	15.1	16.2	15.6	16.9
6–9 years	46.2	18.9	19.4	48.3	10.3	26.9	33.5	35.6	31.5
10+ years	29.4	38.8	26.8	25.7	87.0	50.2	31.9	37.6	26.1
Wealth quintile
Lowest	9.8	15.3	20.6	16.5	12.7	18.9	14.3	14.5	14.1
Second	15.9	17.9	21.2	23.3	12.8	19.5	17.9	17.7	18.0
Middle	18.3	19.1	19.9	20.1	16.5	20.5	19.0	20.1	17.9
Fourth	23.4	22.6	18.0	15.4	23.5	19.4	21.3	20.7	21.8
Highest	32.6	25.2	20.2	24.6	34.5	21.8	27.6	27.0	28.2

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