Demographic characteristics of the participants of the non-communicable disease study by iHDSS. The values are numbers and percentages (95% CI)
| Overall (n=772) | West Hiri (n=266) | Asaro (n=254) | Karkar Island (n=252) | |||||
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 361 | 47 (43 to 50) | 114 | 43 (37 to 49) | 130 | 51 (45 to 58) | 117 | 46 (40 to 53) |
| Female | 411 | 53 (50 to 57) | 152 | 57 (51 to 63) | 124 | 49 (43 to 55) | 135 | 54 (48 to 60 |
| Age group (years) | ||||||||
| 15–29 | 216 | 28 (25 to 31) | 73 | 27 (22 to 33) | 69 | 27 (22 to 33) | 74 | 29 (24 to 35) |
| 30–44 | 261 | 34 (31 to 37) | 93 | 35 (29 to 41) | 88 | 35 (29 to 41) | 30 | 32 (8 to 17) |
| 45–65 | 295 | 38 (35 to 42) | 100 | 38 (32 to 44) | 97 | 38 (32 to 45) | 98 | 39 (33 to 45) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary or lower | 519 | 67 (64 71) | 119 | 45 (39 to 51) | 198 | 78 (72 to 83) | 202 | 80 (75 to 85) |
| Some/complete secondary | 159 | 21 (18 to 24) | 92 | 35 (29 to 41) | 28 | 11 (8 to 16) | 39 | 16 (11 to 21) |
| Vocational/tertiary | 26 | 3 (2 to 5) | 20 | 8 (5 to 11) | 3 | 1 (0 to 3) | 3 | 1 (0 to 3) |
| Don’t know | 68 | 9 (7 to 11) | 35 | 13 (9 to 18) | 25 | 10 (7 to 14) | 8 | 3 (1 to 6) |
| Employment | ||||||||
| Home duties | 157 | 20 (18 to 23) | 92 | 35 (29 to 41) | 15 | 6 (3 to 10) | 50 | 20 (15 to 25) |
| Subsistence/cash cropper | 349 | 45 (42 to 49) | 23 | 9 (6 to 13) | 179 | 71 (64 to 76) | 147 | 58 (52 to 65) |
| Paid employment | 121 | 16 (13 to 18) | 89 | 34 (28 to 40) | 15 | 6 (3 to 10) | 17 | 7 (4 to 11) |
| Unemployed/retired/student | 114 | 15 (12 to 18) | 55 | 21 (16 to 26) | 24 | 10 (6 to 14) | 35 | 14 (10 to 19) |
| Not given | 31 | 4 (3 to 6) | 7 | 3 (1 to 5) | 21 | 8 (5 to 12) | 3 | 1 (0 to 3) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single/never married | 155 | 20 (17 to 23) | 62 | 23 (18 to 29) | 38 | 15 (11 to 20) | 55 | 22 (17 to 27) |
| Married | 508 | 66 (62 to 29) | 167 | 63 (57 to 69) | 157 | 62 (56 to 68) | 184 | 73 (67 to 78) |
| Separated/divorced | 33 | 4 (3 to 6) | 6 | 2 (1 to 5) | 22 | 9 (6 to 13) | 5 | 2 (1 to 5) |
| Widowed | 33 | 4 (3 to 6) | 14 | 5 (3 to 9) | 14 | 6 (3 to 9) | 5 | 2 (1 to 5) |
| Not given | 43 | 6 (4 to 7) | 17 | 6 (4 to 10) | 23 | 9 (6 to 13) | 3 | 1 (0 to 3) |