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The characteristics of the study sample (n = 916) |
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| No. |
% |
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| Age |
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| ≤ 20 |
126 |
14 |
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| 21–30 |
352 |
38 |
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| 31–40 |
205 |
23 |
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| 41–50 |
148 |
16 |
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| > 50 |
85 |
9 |
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| Mean (SD) |
32.9 (12.4) |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
486 |
53 |
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| Female |
432 |
47 |
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| Marital status |
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| Single |
257 |
28 |
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| Married |
600 |
66 |
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| Divorced/widowed |
59 |
6 |
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| Educational level |
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| Illiterate |
158 |
17 |
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| Primary |
181 |
20 |
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| Secondary |
459 |
50 |
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| College/university |
118 |
13 |
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| Employment status |
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| Employed |
233 |
25 |
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| Housewife |
277 |
30 |
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| Student |
97 |
11 |
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| Unemployed |
275 |
30 |
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| Retired |
34 |
4 |
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| Number of family loss |
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| None |
185 |
20 |
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| < 3 |
261 |
29 |
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| 3–5 |
377 |
41 |
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| > 5 |
93 |
10 |
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| GHQ score |
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| Mean (SD) |
8.7 (3.2) |
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| < mean score |
385 |
42 |
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| > mean score |
531 |
58 |
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Montazeri et al. BMC Public Health 2005 5:4 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-4 |
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