Table 2.
Association of socio-demographic variables and financial burden among HD participants (N = 100)
| Variables | Level of financial burden, n (%) |
p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Moderate | High | ||
| Employment status | 0.001* | |||
| Employed | 45 (45.0) | 22 (22.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Unemployed | 55 (55.0) | 30 (30.0) | 24 (24.0) | |
| Monthly household income | 0.006* | |||
| < MYR1000 | 1 (1.0) | 13 (13.0) | 7 (7.0) | |
| MYR1000-2000 | 3 (3.0) | 13 (13.0) | 11 (11.0) | |
| MYR 2000-3000 | 10 (10.0) | 11 (11.0) | 4 (4.0) | |
| MYR3000-5000 | 8 (8.0) | 11 (11.0) | 2 (2.0) | |
| >MYR5000 | 1 (1.0) | 5 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Income tiers categories | 0.023* | |||
| B40 | 23 (23.0) | 47 (47.0) | 23 (23.0) | |
| M40 | 1 (1.0) | 5 (5.0) | 0 (0.00) | |
| T20 | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
*
Pearson Chi-square test, p ≤0.05, was considered to be statistically significant