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. 2006 Dec 5;4:93. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-93

Table 6.

Univariable Analyses of the Influence of Sociocultural Variables on "Pits" and "All-Worst".

Acceptability of (Median, IQR/Spearman's Correlation Coefficient)

Pits p value All-Worst p value
Ethnicity 0.17 <0.001
 Chinese 5.0 (0, 7.3) 7.5 (4.8, 8.0)
 Malays 2.5 (0, 5.0) 5.0 (1.3, 7.0)
 Indians 6.0 (1.0, 8.5) 9.0 (7.0, 10)
Age per 10 years 0.18 0.89 1.00 0.43
Gender 0.82 0.83
 Male 5.0 (0, 7.3) 7.0 (5.0, 9.3)
 Female 4.0 (0.5, 8.0) 7.0 (4.5, 9.0)
Education (years) 0.025 0.85 -0.23 0.075
Chronic medical conditions 0.46 0.22
 No 4.0 (1.0, 8.0) 7.0 (5.0, 8.0)
 Yes 3.5 (0, 7.5) 8.0 (5.0, 9.8)
Working 0.09 0.23
 No 3.0 (0, 5.0) 7.0 (4.0, 8.0)
 Yes 5.0 (0, 8.0) 8.0 (5.0, 9.3)
Healthcare background 0.46 0.090
 No 4.0 (0, 7.5) 8.0 (5.0, 9.0)
 Yes 5.0 (2.5, 8.0) 6.0 (4.0, 7.5)
Religiosity -0.026 0.84 0.17 0.19

IQR – interquartile range.

Self-reported on a 0 to 10 Likert-type scale, where a higher score indicates greater acceptability/higher religiosity.