Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the participants

Variables Frequency Percentage
Gender
 Male 164 44.3
 Female 206 55.7
Ethnic
 Kinh 147 39.7
 Tay 92 24.9
 Nung 90 24.3
 Others 41 11.1
Occupation
 Farmer 151 40.8
 Worker 81 21.9
 Retired 102 27.6
 Others 36 9.7
Education level
 Primary school 63 17.0
 Secondary school 156 42.2
 High school 106 28.6
 College or above 45 12.2
Marital status
 Single 2 0.5
 Married 289 78.1
 Divorced 79 21.4
Family economic status
 Poor 2 0.5
 Near poor 79 21.4
 Sufficient 251 67.8
 Have saving 38 10.3
Health insurance
 Yes 349 94.3
 No 21 5.7
Chronic disease (hypertension/COPD/tuberculosis/ asthma/coronary heart diseases)
 Yes 312 84.3
 No 58 15.7