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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of survey sample in percent in comparison to the total population of Vietnam and Hanoi municipality according to the census of 2013/2009

From: Treatment recommendation differences for schizophrenia and major depression: a population-based study in a Vietnamese cohort

Sociodemographic data

Total population of Hanoi (n = 6,936,900)

Total survey sample

(n = 729)

Survey sample schizophrenia (n = 403)

Survey sample depression

(n = 326)

Gender (%)a

 Male

49.8

49.5

49.4

49.7*

 Female

50.2

50.5

50.6

50.3*

Urbanity (%)a

 Urban

42.5

47.9

49.9

45.4

 Rural

57.5

52.1

50.1

54.6

Age, years (%)b

 15–19

14.9

15.5

15.4e

15.6*

 20–24

14.0

14.5

15.1

13.8*

 25–29

13.0

14.4

13.6

15.3*

 30–34

11.4

12.6

12.9

12.3*

 35–39

11.1

11.7

12.9

10.1*

 40–44

10.2

12.2

12.2

12.3*

 45–49

9.2

8.5

7.9

9.2*

 50–54

7.7

7.0

7.7

6.1*

 55–59

5.2

2.2

1.5

3.1*

 60–64

3.3

1.4

0.7

2.1*

Household size (%)b

 1

9.1

7.7

6.9

8.6*

 2–4

70.2

61

60.8

61.3*

 5–6

18.7

25.4

26.8

23.6*

 7+

2.0

5.9

5.5

6.4*

Unemployment rate (%)c

 Total

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.1

 Urban

5.1

2.6

2.0

3.4

 Rural

1.6

2.4

3.5

1.1

School education (%)d

 Lower secondary school

33.3

22.2

22.3

22.1*

 Upper secondary school

66.7

77.8

77.7

77.9*

  1. * Chi squared test: not significant differences between both vignettes for gender, age, school education and household size
  2. aData from micro-census 2013 [39]
  3. bData from full census 2009 [39]
  4. cReport on Labour force survey 2013 [40]
  5. dEducation for All 2015 National Review Report: Viet Nam [41]
  6. eOnly person ≥ 16 years were allowed to complete the questionnaire