From: Association of blood lipids, creatinine, albumin, and CRP with socioeconomic status in Malawi
 | Females | Males | Total |
---|---|---|---|
 | mean | mean | mean |
 | (sd) | (sd) | (sd) |
# of observations | 571 | 335 | 906 |
Age (in 2008) | 42.17 | 43.54 | 42.68 |
 | (17.75) | (16.87) | (17.43) |
Married (in 2008) | 0.76 | 0.89 | 0.81 |
Muslim | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.70 |
2008 level of education | Â | Â | Â |
No school | 0.57 | 0.32 | 0.48 |
Primary level | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.48 |
Secondary level | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Body mass index (BMI) (2008) | Â | Â | Â |
Underweight ( BMI<f.5) | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Normal (18.5≤BMI<25) | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.78 |
Overweight ( 25≤BMI<f) | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Obese ( BMI≥30) | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Subjective health | Â | Â | Â |
Fair/Poor | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.14 |
Good | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.26 |
Very good | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.29 |
Excellent | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.31 |
Relative health to others in village | Â | Â | Â |
Worse | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Same | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.30 |
Better | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.47 |
Much better | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.17 |
Number of recent econ shocks | 2.00 | 1.88 | 1.95 |
 | (0.91) | (0.95) | (0.92) |