Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants
Variable | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 409(66.8) |
Female | 203(33.2) | |
Marital status | Single | 52(8.5) |
Divorce | 55(9.0) | |
Widowed | 152(24.8) | |
Married | 353(57.7) | |
Education level | Illiterate | 85(13.9) |
Read and write (Basic) | 237(38.7) | |
Under high school | 126(20.6) | |
High school | 85(13.9) | |
Collegiate | 79(12.9) | |
Income level | Very low | 17(2.8) |
Low | 258(42.2) | |
Medium | 205(33.5) | |
High | 48(7.8) | |
Very high | 84(13.7) | |
Chronic disease | Yes | 349(57.0) |
No | 263(43.0) | |
Total | - | 612(100) |