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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Validation of the Mongolian version of the SF-36v2 questionnaire for health status assessment of Mongolian adults

 

Mongolian (n = 705)

Male

Female

Welch’s t test

[n (%)]

258 (37)

447 (63)

 

Age [mean ± SD]

53.4 ± 10.6

54.0 ± 9.5

n.s.

   

χ2-test

Age group [n (%)]

   

 40–49

107 (41)

156 (35)

n.s.

 50–59

79 (31)

163 (36)

 

 60–69

44 (17)

96 (21)

 

 70–79

28 (11)

32 (7)

 

Smoking status [(n (%)]

   

 Smoker

140 (54)

46 (10)

<0.0001

 Ex-smoker

34 (13)

16 (4)

 

 Non-smoker

84 (33)

385 (86)

 

Occupation [n (%)]

   

 White collar job

23 (9)

63 (14)

<0.0001

 Blue collar job

131 (51)

145 (32)

 

 Not in employment

103 (40)

230 (51)

 

 Missing

1 (0)

9 (2)