Table 1

Household descriptive statistics, analytical sample of NCD, HTN-only and non-NCD/HTN households: PURE Study

High incomeUpper middle incomeLower middle incomeLow incomeChina
NCDHTN-onlyNon-NCD/HTNNCDHTN-onlyNon-NCD/HTNNCDHTN-onlyNon-NCD/HTNNCDHTN-onlyNon-NCD/HTNNCDHTN-onlyNon-NCD/HTN
n=2760n=1507n=3379n=5459n=3513n=4769n=3429n=1948n=4418n=515n=409n=1231n=5249n=4446n=8794
Mean of mean household age (years)50.249.041.141.940.635.937.837.731.630.932.029.948.045.341.2
95% CI49.3 to 51.148.0 to 50.040.4 to 41.8)39.9 to 43.938.7 to 42.534.5 to 37.337.0 to 38.736.8 to 38.630.8 to 32.529.0 to 32.930.6 to 33.328.4 to 31.446.7 to 49.344.1 to 46.539.9 to 42.6
P value for difference in means*0.00000.00000.00000.00010.0000
Mean household size2.22.22.53.73.83.93.83.74.35.75.35.22.93.02.9
95% CI2.1 to 2.32.1 to 2.32.4 to 2.63.3 to 4.13.3 to 4.23.6 to 4.23.6 to 4.13.5 to 3.94.0 to 4.54.8 to 6.64.5 to 6.04.9 to 5.62.8 to 3.0(2.8 to 3.1)(2.8 to 3.1)
P value for difference in means*0.00000.00690.00000.11170.1064
Mean proportion of female household members (%)53.152.352.453.153.053.150.451.550.253.754.052.451.150.550.7
95% CI51.7 to 54.551.0 to 53.751.2 to 53.651.5 to 54.751.6 to 54.451.7 to 54.549.1 to 51.650.0 to 53.049.2 to 51.2(0.1 to 57.451.0 to 56.950.3 to 54.650.3 to 52.0(49.4 to 51.6)(49.7 to 51.7)
P value for difference in means*0.46240.97440.09410.14150.2687
Mean proportion of employed household members (%)91.592.085.359.760.055.843.346.740.129.928.833.186.684.482.3
95% CI90.4 to 92.690.7 to 93.384.0 to 86.652.9 to 66.553.3 to 66.650.8 to 60.840.8 to 45.944.3 to 49.138.3 to 42.023.5 to 36.322.8 to 34.828.0 to 38.283.9 to 89.381.7 to 87.179.6 to 85.0
P value for difference in means*0.00000.00630.00000.00740.0000
Proportion of households with tertiary level education (%)71.869.778.538.736.537.651.244.639.730.922.517.235.728.532.6
95% CI66.4 to 76.764.5 to 74.574.2 to 82.330.6 to 47.427.7 to 46.230.0 to 45.845.1 to 57.338.0 to 51.433.7 to 46.012.3 to 58.69.3 to 45.16.8 to 37.127.7 to 44.622.1 to 36.024.9 to 41.4
P value for difference in proportions†0.00000.47710.00000.01390.0010
  • *One-way analysis of variance test for difference in means.

  • †Wald test for difference in proportions.

  • HTN, hypertension; NCD, non-communicable disease; PURE, Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology.