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Table 1 General Characteristics of WCA by CHNS Rounds, 1991–20,151−2

From: Geographic and urban–rural disparities in dietary energy and macronutrient composition among women of childbearing age: findings from the China health and nutrition survey,1991–2015

Characteristic

1991

2004

2015

P-value

Sample(N)

3730

2866

3623

-

Education level (%)

    

Primary school/below

51.6 (0.8)

35.2 (0.9)

18.1 (0.7)

< 0.001

Middle school

32.1(0.8)

36.1(0.9)

37.4(0.9)

High school/above

16.3 (0.6)

28.7(0.8)

44.5 (0.9))

Marital status (%)

    

Single

23.8(0.7)

14.2(0.7)

11.50.6)

< 0.001

Married

76.2(0.7)

85.8(0.7)

88.5(0.6)

Income (1k yuan)

3.8 (0.1)

8.9 (0.2)

44.8 (1.4)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

21.8(0.1)

22.8(0.1)

23.5 (0.1)

< 0.001

PA(METs/w)

462.6 (4.6)

246.0(4.0)

166.6(2.8)

< 0.001

Smoking (%)

2.0(0.1)

2.7(0.1)

3.0 (0.1)

0.507

Drinking (%)

12.0 (0.6)

9.3(0.7)

7.2(0.7)

< 0.001

Region (%)

    

Urban

14.1(0.6)

13.9(0.6)

22.9 (0.7)

< 0.001

Rural

85.9(0.6)

86.1(0.6)

77.1(0.7)

District (%)

    

Eastern

35.8(0.8)

44.7(0.9)

46.0(1.0)

< 0.001

Central

38.2(0.8)

33.3(0.9)

26.0(0.8)

Western

26.0(0.7)

22.0(0.8)

28.0(0.9)

  1. 1Continuous variables were presented as mean and standard error (SE) and categorical variables by percentage and SE of percentage in parentheses,2 There were significant trends in each subgroup over the survey round, except for smoking status