Table 1  A comparison of the participants’ demographic characteristics in the two groups
Variable | Categories | Intervention group | Control group | t-test | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||||
Age (year) | 35–45 | 1 | 2.5% | 8 | 20% | 0.006 | 0.768* |
46–55 | 18 | 45% | 15 | 37.5% | |||
56–65 | 20 | 50% | 15 | 37.5% | |||
> 65 | 1 | 2.5% | 2 | 5 | |||
Marriage length | 5–10 | 4 | 10% | 6 | 15% | 1.73 | 0.156* |
11–20 | 5 | 12.5% | 8 | 20% | |||
21–30 | 13 | 32.5% | 15 | 37.5% | |||
> 30 | 26 | 65% | 6 | 15% | |||
Not specified | 14 | 35% | 5 | 12.5% | |||
Number of children | 0 | 5 | 12.5% | 8 | 20% | 4.09 | 0.585* |
1 | 3 | 7.5% | 7 | 17.5% | |||
2 | 8 | 20% | 7 | 17.5% | |||
3 | 3 | 7.5% | 5 | 12.5% | |||
> 4 | 7 | 17.5% | 9 | 22.5% | |||
Not specified | 14 | 35% | 4 | 10% | |||