Table 2 The frequency of the demographic variables in the two groups
Variable | Categories | Intervention group | Control group | Statistic | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||||
Gender | Male | 22 | 55% | 19 | 47.5% | 0.006 | 0.326* |
Female | 18 | 45% | 21 | 52.5% | |||
Education | Lower education | 10 | 25% | 15 | 37.5% | 1.4 | 0.382* |
High school diploma | 14 | 35% | 11 | 27.5% | |||
Associate degree | 13 | 32.5% | 7 | 17.5% | |||
Bachelor’s degree | 3 | 7.5% | 7 | 17.5% | |||
Occupation | Unemployed | 2 | 5% | 4 | 10% | 1.84 | 0.600* |
Worker | 4 | 10% | 5 | 12.5% | |||
Employee | 17 | 42.5% | 8 | 20% | |||
Self-employed | 12 | 30% | 9 | 22.5% | |||
Retired | 5 | 12.5% | 6 | 15% | |||
Housewife | 0 | 0% | 7 | 17.5% | |||
Others | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2.5% | |||
Marital status | Married | 30 | 75% | 33 | 82.5% | 1.74 | 0.601* |
Single | 10 | 25% | 7 | 17.5% | |||
Income level | Poor | 16 | 40% | 16 | 40% | 1.84 | 0.377* |
Moderate | 40 | 35% | 22 | 55% | |||
High | 10 | 25% | 2 | 5% | |||
Source of income | Salary | 14 | 35% | 23 | 57.5% | 0.6 | 0.255* |
Others | 26 | 65% | 18 | 42.5% | |||