Table 3. Association between sociodemographic characteristics, sleep-related parameters, and sleep quality among the general population of Perambalur district (N=650).
*Represented in mean ± SD, an independent T-test was used, and statistically significant when the p-value was less than 0.05.
#The chi-square test was used and statistically significant when the p-value was less than 0.05.
| Demographic | Good sleep | Poor sleep | Chi-square value | p-value | |
| Age in years* | 36.74±14.25 | 32.03±15.73 | <0.001 | ||
| Gender | Male | 301 (79.0) | 80 (21.0) | 0.388 | 0.533 |
| Female | 207 (77.0) | 62 (23.0) | |||
| Education | Higher education | 374 (77.9) | 106 (22.1) | 0.099 | 0.952 |
| School education | 88 (79.3) | 23 (20.7) | |||
| No formal education | 46 (78.0) | 13 (22.0) | |||
| Occupation | Organized work | 189 (85.1) | 33 (14.9) | 27.985 | <0.001# |
| Unorganized work | 153 (84.5) | 28 (15.5) | |||
| Unemployed | 166 (67.2) | 81 (32.8) | |||
| Region | Rural | 214 (79.6) | 55 (20.4) | 0.527 | 0.468 |
| Urban | 294 (77.2) | 87 (22.8) | |||
| Number of family members | ≤3 | 136 (75.1) | 45 (24.9) | 8.580 | 0.014# |
| 4-5 | 347 (80.9) | 82 (19.1) | |||
| >5 | 25 (62.5) | 15 (37.5) | |||
| Not able to sleep within 30 minutes | Yes | 30 (30) | 70 (70) | 160.505 | <0.001# |
| No | 478 (86.9) | 72 (13.1) | |||
| Wake in the middle of the night | Yes | 40 (39.2) | 62 (60.8) | 107.438 | <0.001# |
| No | 468 (85.4) | 80 (14.6) | |||
| Wake up due to bad dreams | Yes | 14 (20.6) | 54 (79.4) | 147.401 | <0.001# |
| No | 494 (84.9) | 88 (15.1) | |||
| Using self-medication for sleep | Yes | 1 (2.9) | 33 (97.1) | 118.869 | <0.001# |
| No | 507 (82.3) | 109 (17.7) | |||
| Enthusiasm | Yes | 494 (84.7) | 89 (15.3) | 143.440 | <0.001# |
| No | 14 (20.9) | 53 (79.1) | |||