Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with mild HAV infection, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2001
Variables | All patients (n = 451) | Inpatients (n = 200) | Outpatients (n = 251) |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender (%) | |||
Male | 50.9 | 50.0 | 51.4 |
Female | 49.1 | 50.0 | 48.6 |
Marital status (%) | |||
Married | 17.8 | 21.0 | 8.9 |
Unmarried | 85.2 | 79.0 | 91.1 |
Education level (%) | |||
Never attended or kindergarten | 13.2 | 0.5 | 23.4 |
School 1–8 years | 55.8 | 72.0 | 42.7 |
Grades 9–11 years | 16.3 | 27.5 | 17.3 |
High school graduate | 1.1 | - | 2.0 |
College 1–3 years or graduate | 13.6 | - | 14.5 |
Ethnicity (%) | |||
Kazakhs | 40.6 | 36.0 | 44.2 |
Russians | 49.2 | 54.5 | 45.0 |
Uzbek | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
Others | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
Employment status (%) | |||
Employed | 16.4 | 26.5 | 6.7 |
Unemployed | 83.6 | 73.5 | 93.3 |
Tobacco use (%) | |||
Smoker | 20.3 | 32.0 | 9.9 |
Nonsmoker | 79.7 | 68.0 | 90.1 |
Urban status (%) | |||
Urban | 99.8 | 100.0 | 99.6 |
Rural | 0.2 | - | 0.4 |
Home ownership (%) | |||
Owned | 98.2 | 99.5 | 97.2 |
Rented | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
Age group (%) | |||
≤ 18 | 66.3 | 37.5 | 89.2 |
19 – 26 | 22.6 | 42.5 | 6.8 |
27 – 34 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 2.0 |
≥ 35 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 2.0 |
Mean Age (years) (SE) ¶ | 17 (0.41) | 22 (0.49) | 12 (0.43) |
Mean household income (US$) (SE)¶ | 886.6 (60.03) | 898.2 (61.65) | 502.3 (28.38) |