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. 2024 Mar 4;8:e53353. doi: 10.2196/53353

Table 2.

Univariate analyses of factors associated with stigma (N=104).

Variable and category Mean (SD) F test (df) t test (df) P value
Age (years) 1.58 (3) a .20

18-25 25.74 (9.93)



25-30 21.14 (8.46)



30-35 22.24 (8.30)



>35 23.50 (12.06)


Role 0.32 (102) .75

Father 23.28 (9.62)



Mother 22.69 (8.96)


Education background 3.62 (4) <.001

Primary school or lower 22.50 (9.89)



Junior high school 24.52 (8.94)



Senior high school 24.21 (9.34)



College 16.14 (2.73)



Bachelor’s degree or higher 13.43 (1.81)


Working status 2.02 (102) .06

Unemployed 24.00 (8.84)



Working 20.23 (9.56)


Occupation 1.36 (3) .26

Unemployed 24.00 (8.84)



Independent management 19.43 (8.49)



Enterprise unit 21.89 (10.95)



Public service unit 19.71 (10.95)


Children’s sex 0.83 (102) .41

Male 23.55 (9.47)



Female 22.05 (8.78)


Condition type 0.34 (102) .74

Cleft lip 23.33 (8.91)



Cleft lip and palate 22.69 (9.36)


Number of surgeries 2.94 (3) .04

0 24.34 (9.49)



1 17.57 (7.28)



2 18.95 (7.28)



≥3 26.00 (7.07)


Status of surgery 2.50 (102) .01

Before surgery 24.34 (9.49)



After surgery 19.55 (7.47)


aNot applicable.