Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (N = 3060)
Variable | Study sample | Tehran adult population [14] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | % | ||
Gender | Male | 1506 | 49.2 | 49.8 |
female | 1555 | 50.8 | 50.2 | |
Age (year) | < 30 | 609 | 19.8 | 31.7 |
30–39 | 726 | 23.7 | 22.6 | |
40–49 | 602 | 19.7 | 18.2 | |
50–59 | 539 | 17.6 | 13.7 | |
60–69 | 389 | 12.7 | 7.7 | |
> 69 | 195 | 6.37 | 6.1 | |
Education level | Illiterate | 140 | 4.6 | 6.7 |
Elementary | 387 | 12.6 | 15.4 | |
Guidance | 516 | 16.9 | 16.1 | |
High school and pre-university | 1100 | 35.9 | 33.2 | |
University | 917 | 30.0 | 28.5 | |
Employment status | Employed | 1079 | 35.3 | 38.7 |
Student | 221 | 7.2 | 7.6 | |
Homemaker | 1239 | 40.5 | 32.1 | |
Retired | 395 | 12.9 | 10.5 | |
Unemployed | 100 | 3.3 | 5.9 | |
Others | 22 | 0.7 | 5.3 | |
Marital status | Never married | 549 | 18.0 | 23.5 |
Married | 2358 | 77.3 | 68.6 | |
Divorce or widowed | 144 | 4.7 | 8.0 | |
Experience of a serious illness | ||||
In self | Yes | 319 | 10.4 | |
No | 2737 | 89.6 | ||
In family | Yes | 551 | 18.0 | |
No | 2505 | 82.0 | ||
In caring for others | Yes | 484 | 15.9 | |
No | 2562 | 84.1 | ||
Presence of any illness or health problem | Yes | 1115 | 36.5 | |
No | 1945 | 63.5 | ||
Health status | Excellent | 253 | 8.3 | |
Very good | 462 | 15.1 | ||
Good | 1476 | 48.2 | ||
Fair | 753 | 24.6 | ||
Poor | 115 | 3.8 | ||