Table 1 presents demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics of the whole cohort which includes 854 monks, 269 prisoners, and the other 86,011 cohort members. All monks and 92.2% of prisoners were men. Among other cohort members, there were slightly more women than men (55.4% vs. 44.6%). Most cohort members were aged between 20–39 years and less than 5% were aged older than 50 years of age. Monks were more likely to live in rural areas (57.7%) compared to prisoners or other cohort members (44.2% vs. 47.8%). When asked about their residence at age 12 years, 82.2% of monks, 71.4% of prisoners, and 74.9% of other cohort members reported residing in rural areas. Monks were also more likely to reside in the Northeastern region (32.6%) compared to prisoners (10.8%).