International Journal of Chronic Diseases

Research Article

Association of Socioeconomic Position and Demographic Characteristics with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Healthcare Access among Adults Living in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Table 2

Prevalence of selected behavioral and healthcare access measures by socioeconomic and other characteristics using the 2002 STEPS FSM (Pohnpei) dataset^a.


Characteristic	Daily tobacco use^b				Physically active^c				Healthcare access^d
Characteristic		% (95% CI)	(df1, df2)			% (95% CI)	(df1, df2)			% (95% CI)	(df1, df2)

Education
Primary (<9 y)	243	62.1 (54.5–69.1)	5.01 (1.7, 49.2)	0.012	119	50.0 (41.1–58.9)	5.87 (1.7, 49.6)	0.007	99	48.0 (43.5–52.6)	2.56 (1.6, 45.5)	0.101
Secondary (9–12 y)	108	29.3 (23.7–35.7)			71	32.2 (26.4–38.5)			71	38.9 (32.5–45.8)
Postsecondary (≥13 y)	30	08.6 (05.8–12.5)			34	17.8 (12.1–25.4)			24	13.1 (08.1–20.3)
Income
<$5,000	210	53.0 (44.0–61.9)	3.70 (2.6, 75.9)	0.020	127	54.9 (46.0–63.6)	2.14 (2.8, 80.8)	0.107	85	41.8 (33.7–50.3)	2.28 (2.6, 76.8)	0.093
$5,000–$10,000	61	14.7 (10.2–20.7)			45	18.9 (13.5–25.9)			44	20.3 (15.0–26.9)
>$10,000	24	05.3 (03.3–08.5)			19	06.7 (03.6–12.2)			30	13.3 (08.9–19.3)
Employment status^e
Paid	215	59.6 (52.6–66.2)	6.33 (1.9, 55.4)	0.004	121	56.7 (48.5–64.5)	3.30 (2, 57)	0.045	109	59.5 (52.1–66.4)	3.25 (1.9, 56.5)	0.047
Unpaid	69	15.3 (12.0–19.5)			34	12.8 (08.7–18.4)			40	19.5 (15.3–24.4)
Unemployed	96	25.0 (20.2–30.6)			67	30.6 (23.0–39.4)			45	21.1 (15.1–28.6)
Sex
Male	235	69.6 (64.5–74.2)	64.97 (1, 29)	0.000	140	71.8 (66.0–76.9)	59.91 (1, 29)	0.000	67	41.0 (34.0–48.4)	7.35 (1, 29)	0.011
Female	169	30.4 (25.8–35.5)	64.97 (1, 29)	0.000	94	28.2 (23.1–34.0)	59.91 (1, 29)	0.000	141	59.0 (51.6–66.0)	7.35 (1, 29)	0.011
Place of residence
Urban	82	19.2 (08.8–36.9)	3.12 (1, 29)	0.088	50	20.5 (09.0–40.1)	0.01 (1, 29)	0.921	71	34.4 (17.3–56.7)	10.45 (1, 29)	0.003
Rural	322	80.8 (63.1–91.2)	3.12 (1, 29)	0.088	184	79.5 (59.9–91.0)	0.01 (1, 29)	0.921	137	65.6 (43.3–82.7)	10.45 (1, 29)	0.003
Age
25–34 y	105	33.1 (28.6–37.9)	9.45 (2.8, 81.7)	0.000	83	44.4 (37.9–51.2)	2.89 (2.5, 71.3)	0.051	54	33.8 (26.8–41.7)	3.46 (2.7, 78.4)	0.024
35–44 y	146	39.0 (33.7–44.5)			75	33.4 (26.5–41.2)			54	26.5 (20.3–33.9)
45–54 y	118	22.0 (18.1–26.3)			50	14.7 (11.3–18.8)			66	25.8 (20.8–31.4)
55–64 y	35	06.0 (04.1–08.7)			26	07.5 (05.2–10.7)			34	13.8 (09.8–19.2)

y: years; sample size; Rao-Scott adjustment to the for complex samples (e.g., adjusted ); df: degrees of freedom.
^aAll estimates are age/sex standardized to the FSM 2000 Pohnpei census; values are based on the adjusted and its degrees of freedom.
^bDaily tobacco use defined as self-report of daily use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or smokeless tobacco product.
^cPhysically active includes ≥30 min/d of moderate activity, ≥5 d/wk or ≥3 d of vigorous activity (>20 min/d), or ≥600 metabolic equivalent of task-min/wk.
^dHealthcare access defined as self-reported screening for blood pressure or blood glucose of hypertension diagnosis in the last year.
^e“Paid” category defined as government, nongovernment, or self-employed; “unpaid” category defined as retiree, volunteer, student, homemaker, or subsistence.