Table 1.
The Demographic Characteristics of the People who Stutter and Healthy Individuals
| Variables |
People Who Stutter
|
Healthy Individuals
|
Significance Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |||
| Sex | Male | 58 | 57.4 | 36 | 32.7 | 0.001 |
| Female | 43 | 42.6 | 74 | 67.3 | ||
| Education | Under high school diploma | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.38 |
| Diploma | 18 | 17.8 | 26 | 23.6 | ||
| Master’s degree | 55 | 54.5 | 64 | 58.2 | ||
| Graduate | 25 | 24.8 | 18 | 16.4 | ||
| Marital status |
Single | 71 | 70.3 | 88 | 80.9 | 0.14 |
| Married | 29 | 28.4 | 21 | 19.1 | ||
| Divorced | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Occupation | College Graduate | 38 | 37.6 | 74 | 67.3 | 0.001 |
| Governmental employee | 21 | 28.8 | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| Self-employed | 35 | 24.7 | 14 | 12.7 | ||
| Unemployed | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6.4 | ||
| Homemaker | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8.2 | ||
| Age | Mean | Standard deviation |
||||
| People who Stutter | 29.55 | 7.18 | 0.001 | |||
| Healthy Individuals | 25.57 | 7.48 | ||||