Table 2.
Health status
| |
Urban (N = 125) |
Rural (N = 81) |
χ2 |
p-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD (range) or N (%) | ||||||
| Rated health in general |
|
|
2.8±1.51 (1-5) |
|
6.052 |
0.049 |
| |
3.3±1.39 (1-5) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ill during one or more days in the last thirty days |
|
|
|
|
2.572 |
0.276 |
| · Agree |
59 |
(47.2) |
32 |
(39.5) |
|
|
| · Disagree |
66 |
(52.8) |
49 |
(60.5) |
|
|
| Severity of illness |
6.7±2.93 (1-10) |
5.1±2.21 (1–10) |
22.711 |
0.007 |
||
| Helpfulness action to feel better |
|
|
|
|
9.435 |
0.024 |
| · Disagree |
2 |
(3.9) |
7 |
(25.0) |
|
|
| · Agree |
47 |
(92.2) |
21 |
(75.0) |
|
|
| · A little | 2 | (3.9) | 0 | (0.0) | ||