Details 2002, n=2010 2007, n=404
  n % n %
Gender        
Male 968 48.2 192 47.5
Female 1042 51.8 212 52.5
Marital status        
Married 801 40.6 158 40.0
Never married 562 28.5 122 30.9
Divorced 27 1.4 11 2.8
Separated 47 2.4 3 0.8
Widowed 534 27.1 101 25.6
Social Assistance        
Yes 1112 44.7 103 26.0
No 898 55.3 293 74.0
Population Income quintile        
1=Poorest 20% 466 23.2 120 27.7
2=Poor 450 22.4 85 21.0
3=Middle 414 20.6 93 23.0
4=Second wealthy 364 18.1 64 15.8
5=Wealthiest 20% 316 15.7 42 10.4
Head of household 1376 68.6 277 68.6
Health seeking behaviour        
Yes 528 67.9 120 66.3
No 250 32.1 61 33.7
Health Insurance Coverage        
Yes 70 3.6 84 21.6
No 1897 96.4 305 78.6
Self-rated health status        
Excellent   No data 31 7.8
Good 120 30.3
Moderate 137 34.6
Poor 87 22.0
Very poor 21 5.3
Self-reported illness        
Yes 777 39.4 178 44.9
No 1195 60.6 218 54.1
Health care utilization        
Public facilities 319 61.3 61 53.5
Private facilities 249 47.4 64 56.1
Age cohort        
Young old (60-74 years) 842 33.9 261 64.6
Old Old (75-84 years) 534 53.5 109 27.0
Oldest Old (85+ years) 197 12.4 34 8.4
Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the sampled respondents, 2002 and 2007.