Table 1 Basic characteristics of the sample studied among patients attending the outpatient department at the Phuentsholing General Hospital, May 2018
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
18 to 25 | 160 (36.3) |
26 to 35 | 178 (40.4) |
36 to 45 | 56 (12.7) |
46 to 55 | 24 (5.4) |
56 to 65 | 15 (3.4) |
> 65 | 8 (1.8) |
Sex | |
Male | 185 (41.9) |
Female | 256 (58.1) |
Education | |
Cannot read and write | 49 (11.1) |
Non-formal education | 5 (1.1) |
Monastic education | 2 (0.5) |
Primary school | 35 (7.9) |
Secondary school | 221 (50.1) |
Higher education | 129 (29.3) |
Comorbidities | 91 (20.6) |
Resident of Phuentsholing | |
Resident of town | 314 (71.2) |
Visitor to this town | 127 (28.8) |
Ethnicity | |
Ngalong | 95 (21.5) |
Sharchokpa | 171 (38.8) |
Lhotshampa | 115 (26.1) |
Others | 60 (13.6) |