Table 3 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households (2019)
Variable | Frequency | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 455 | 43.5 | ||
Female | 591 | 56.5 | |||
Age | Less than 41Â years of age | 201 | 19.3 | ||
41–60 years | 419 | 40 | |||
Older than 60 | 426 | 40.7 | |||
Marriage status | Married | 779 | 74.5 | ||
Non-married (single, divorced) | 267 | 25.5 | |||
Head of household | Yes | 418 | 40 | ||
No | 628 | 60 | |||
Family members | Less than three | 3178 | 21.7 | ||
Three | 4508 | 30.8 | |||
More than three | 6958 | 47.5 | |||
Education level | Diploma (high school) | 530 | 50.7 | ||
Associates degree—Bachelorette | 390 | 37.3 | |||
M.Sc.—Ph.D. | 126 | 12 | |||
Employment status | Public sector | 85 | 8.1 | ||
Private sector | 344 | 32.9 | |||
Retired | 136 | 13 | |||
Unemployed (unemployed, housewife, student, duty soldier) | 481 | 46 | |||
Basic health insurance | No health insurance | 140 | 13.4 | ||
Social security health insurance coverage | 659 | 63 | |||
Other | 247 | 23.6 | |||
Complementary health insurance | Yes | 400 | 38.2 | ||
No | 646 | 61.8 | |||
Suffering chronic diseases (head of household) | Yes | 91 | 8.7 | ||
No | 955 | 91.3 | |||
Suffering chronic diseases (family member) | Yes | 114 | 10.9 | ||
No | 932 | 89.1 | |||
Level of development of districts of Tehran | Highly developed | District 1 | 199 | 19 | 37.7 |
District 6 | 195 | 18.7 | |||
Semi-developed | District 4 | 173 | 16.5 | 34.9 | |
District 11 | 192 | 18.4 | |||
Less-developed | District 14 | 130 | 12.4 | 27.4 | |
District 17 | 157 | 15 | |||
Average monthly income of household (IRR or US dollar) | Less than 20 million IRR (465 US dollar) | 159 | 15.2 | ||
20 to 40 million IRR (930 US dollar) | 481 | 46 | |||
More than 40 million IRR (930 US dollar) | 406 | 38.8 | |||
Total | 1046 | 100 | |||