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Table 1 Basic sociodemographic characteristics of the sample population

From: Association between depression and fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in South Asia

Variables

Bangladesh

India

Nepal

Age Mean(SD)

39.66 (15.31)

39.11 (15.32)

42.65 (16.58)

18–29

28.6

30.7

24.7

30–39

26.4

25.2

23.6

40–49

20.6

18.0

19.0

50–59

11.4

12.3

12.5

60+

13.0

13.7

20.2

Sex

Female

57.2

52.2

63.1

Male

42.8

47.8

36.9

Currently married

Yes

57.2

76.8

80.8

No

42.8

23.2

19.2

Educational attainment

Nil

44.2

39.6

69.3

Primary

43.1

27.0

21.5

Secondary

9.7

23.0

8.5

Pre-university/University

3.0

10.3

0.6

Job

Govt. employee

2.7

4.7

2.3

Private employee

5.5

10.4

1.5

Employer

36.9

39.3

63.0

Not working for payment

54.9

45.7

33.1

Smoking habit

Daily

41.0

31.2

39.2

Yes. not daily

4.8

3.0

6.3

Non-smoker

54.2

65.7

54.5

Alcohol

Yes

6.5

10.5

36.1

No

93.5

89.5

63.9

Satisfaction with health

Very dissatisfied

7.9

5.1

6.8

Dissatisfied

18.1

14.9

23.3

Neither

31.3

21.5

28.0

Satisfied

35.5

48.8

38.5

Very Satisfied

7.2

9.8

3.4

Fruit consumption

<5

94.9

94.9

91.4

5

2.5

2.2

6.5

5+

2.6

2.9

1.1

Vegetable consumption

<5

86.2

94.4

97.3

5

4.2

1.4

1.5

5+

9.6

4.3

1.2