Survey characteristics of participating countries by demographic and socioeconomic status for men and women
| Australia (N=15 786) | China (N=142 693)‡ | Fiji (N=6763)§ | Malaysia (N=2572)* ‡ § | Nauru (N=2085) | Philippines (N=3307)† ‡ | |||||||
| Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Men | 7870 (49.9) | 63 931 (44.9) | 2878 (46.3) | 1044 (40.6) | 925 (49.3) | 1660 (52.2) | ||||||
| Women | 7915 (50.1) | 78 295 (55.1) | 3343 (53.7) | 1528 (59.4) | 952 (50.7) | 1647 (47.8) | ||||||
| Age* † | ||||||||||||
| 18–35 years | 2758 (35.0) | 2742 (34.6) | 21138 (33.1) | 30225 (38.6) | 1666 (57.9) | 1863 (55.7) | 252 (24.1) | 427 (27.9) | 558 (60.4) | 543 (57.0) | 643 (54.1) | 501 (46.5) |
| 36–49 years | 2863 (36.4) | 2909 (36.8) | 23205 (36.3) | 27090 (34.6) | 780 (27.1) | 948 (28.4) | 420 (40.2) | 639 (41.8) | 259 (28.0) | 301 (31.6) | 422 (29.3) | 406 (30.0) |
| 50 years+ | 2249 (28.6) | 2264 (28.6) | 19588 (30.6) | 20980 (26.8) | 432 (15.0) | 531 (15.9) | 372 (35.6) | 462 (30.2) | 108 (11.6) | 108 (11.4) | 595 (16.5) | 740 (23.5) |
| Area | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 2500 (31.8) | 2488 (31.4) | 43822 (68.5) | 52046 (66.5) | 659 (22.9) | 619 (18.5) | 534 (51.1) | 744 (48.7) | ||||
| Urban | 5371 (68.2) | 5428 (68.6) | 20109 (31.5) | 26249 (33.5) | 2219 (77.1) | 2724 (81.5) | 5109 (48.9) | 784 (51.3) | ||||
| Income‡ | ||||||||||||
| Low | 1177 (17.8) | 1592 (24.6) | 9785 (15.6) | 11607 (15.1) | 483 (46.3) | 723 (47.3) | 389 (22.2) | 349 (17.1) | ||||
| Medium | 2634 (39.9) | 2631 (40.7) | 47694 (75.9) | 58064 (75.7) | 467 (44.7) | 618 (40.4) | 442 (25.3) | 384 (22.8) | ||||
| High | 2784 (42.2) | 2250 (34.8) | 5335 (8.5) | 7018 (9.2) | 94 (9.0) | 187 (12.2) | 416 (26.2) | 425 (26.6) | ||||
| Very high | 406 (26.4) | 482 (33.4) | ||||||||||
| Education§ | ||||||||||||
| Low | 3096 (39.3) | 3505 (44.3) | 20204 (31.6) | 35096 (44.8) | 792 (27.6) | 1010 (30.2) | 382 (36.6) | 653 (42.7) | 48 (5.3) | 37 (3.9) | 439 (20.7) | 371 (14.4) |
| Moderate | 2365 (30.0) | 1533 (19.4) | 38787 (60.7) | 38757 (49.5) | 1469 (51.1) | 1793 (53.7) | 556 (53.3) | 764 (50.0) | 814 (89.6) | 851 (91.1) | 684 (42.1) | 810 (50.7) |
| High | 2409 (30.6) | 2877 (36.3) | 4940 (7.7) | 4442 (5.7) | 613 (21.3) | 537 (16.1) | 106 (10.2) | 111 (7.3) | 46 (5.1) | 46 (5.0) | 519 (37.2) | 451 (35.0) |
↵* Malaysia age groups: 25–35 years; 36–49 years; 50–65 years.
↵† Philippines age groups: 20–35 years; 36–49 years; 50–65 years.
↵‡ China income per annum: low <2000 Yuan, medium 2000–999 Yuan, high >10 000 Yuan. Malaysia income per month: low <1000 RM, medium 1000–3999 RM, high >3999 RM. Philippines income per year: low ≤53 064 PhP, medium 53 065–92 192 PhP, high 92 193–173 387 PhP, very high ≥173 388 PhP.
↵§ Educational level for all countries: low (primary), medium (complete high school), high (tertiary).