Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents by country from wave 1 to wave 3, February to April 2023, % (N).

From: A study in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Uganda on creating and retaining mobile health survey panels for longitudinal data collection

Variable

Bangladesh

Colombia

Uganda

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Age (years)

 18–29

65.6 (1778)

68.4 (1160)

69.7 (672)

43.7 (2585)

45.7 (1521)

45.8 (1006)

60.1 (2891)

60.5 (1772)

60.7 (1216)

 30–44

28.0 (758)

27.1 (460)

27.1 (261)

34.9 (2062)

35.3 (1175)

35.8 (787)

31.4 (1513)

31.7 (928)

32.7 (655)

 45+

6.4 (174)

4.5 (76)

3.2 (31)

21.4 (1265)

19.1 (635)

18.4 (405)

8.5 (409)

7.8 (228)

6.6 (133)

Gender

 Male

83.7 (2260)

84.9 (1436)

83.5 (805)

45.6 (2694)

42.7 (1421)

41.9 (920)

70.1 (3376)

71.4 (2090)

72.0 (1443)

 Female

15.6 (420)

15.0 (253)

16.3 (157)

53.3 (3152)

56.6 (1887)

57.2 (1258)

27.5 (1324)

27.3 (799)

27.1 (544)

 Other

0.7 (19)

0.2 (3)

0.2 (2)

1.1 (66)

0.7 (23)

0.9 (20)

2.3 (113)

1.3 (39)

0.8 (17)

Age & gender

 18–29 y, M

53.6 (1432)

56.8 (959)

57.0 (548)

20.4 (1190)

20.2 (667)

20.1 (437)

41.0 (1926)

42.2 (1219)

42.1 (837)

 18–29 y, F

11.9 (318)

11.5 (195)

12.8 (123)

23.3 (1360)

25.5 (843)

25.7 (560)

19.2 (903)

18.2 (525)

18.5 (367)

 30–44 y, M

25.0 (668)

24.1 (407)

23.9 (230)

15.7 (917)

14.2 (471)

14.3 (312)

24.5 (1153)

24.1 (697)

25.5 (507)

 30–44 y, F

3.1 (84)

3.1 (52)

3.1 (30)

19.3 (1128)

21.0 (696)

21.4 (467)

6.9 (325)

7.8 (225)

7.2 (144)

 45 + y, M

5.8 (154)

4.1 (70)

2.8 (27)

10.0 (587)

8.6 (283)

7.9 (171)

6.3 (297)

6.0 (174)

5.0 (99)

 45 + y, F

0.7 (18)

0.4 (6)

0.4 (4)

11.4 (664)

10.5 (348)

10.6 (231)

2.0% (96)

1.7% (49)

1.7 (33)

Location1

 Urban

44.5 (1208)

  

27.4 (1619)

  

49.3 (2375)

  

 Rural

55.5 (1506)

  

72.6 (4293)

  

50.7 (2438)

  

Education1

 No school

7.5 (204)

  

8.7 (513)

  

15.8 (761)

  

 Primary

17.0 (460)

  

16.0 (945)

  

26.3 (1265)

  

 SSC/O-level/high school2

33.3 (901)

  

36.2 (2139)

  

26.8 (1288)

  

 HSC/A-level/technical3

19.4 (524)

  

24.0 (1420)

  

11.2 (537)

  

 Graduation

22.8 (616)

  

15.1 (895)

  

20.0 (962)

  
  1. 1Location and education data not collected in Waves 2 and 3.
  2. 2SSC/O-Level in Bangladesh, O-level in Uganda, and High school in Colombia.
  3. 3HSC/A-Level in Bangladesh, A-level in Uganda, and Technical school in Colombia.
  4. SSC Secondary school certificate, HSC Higher secondary certificate.