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Table 3 Prevalence of OCD by type of education and residential area.

From: Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Iran

Variable

 

%(n)

p

Education

   

Illiterate

M (n: 2100)

0.4 (8)

X2 = 12.05, df = 4, P = 0.01a

 

F (n: 3739)

2.5 (92)

X2 = 13.93, df = 4, P = 0.008b

 

T (n: 5862)

1.7 (100)

X2 = 15.68, df = 4, P = 0.003c

Elementary school

M (n: 3280)

0.7 (22)

 
 

F (n: 3435)

3.3 (115)

 
 

T (n: 6734)

2 (137)

 

Secondary school

M (n: 3036)

0.6 (17)

 
 

F (n: 1936)

2.7 (52)

 
 

T (n: 4789)

2.1 (100)

 

High school

M (n: 2551)

0.9 (23)

 
 

F (n: 2223)

3.5 (77)

 
 

T (n: 4994)

1.4 (69)

 

Higher educated

M (n: 1481)

0.14 (20)

 
 

F (n: 1033)

1.5 (15)

 
 

T (n: 2519)

1.4 (35)

 

Residential area

   

Urban

M (n: 7965)

0.9 (72)

X2 = 22.33, df = 1, P = 0.001a

 

F (n: 7750)

2.1 (99)

X2 = 10.30, df = 1, P = 0.001b

 

T (n: 16042)

2 (326)

X2 = 15.56, df = 1, P = 0.001c

Rural

M (n: 4693)

4 (19)

 
 

F (n: 4770)

3.3 (254)

 
 

T (n: 9556)

1.2 (118)

 
  1. M = Male, F = Female, T = Total. a: Weighted in total group b: Weighted in male subjects c: Weighted in female subjects. Discrepancy between total numbers and sum ups of male and female numbers are due to the missing data.