Table 1:
Demographic variables according to women occupation status
| Housewife (n=33,472) | Employed (n=2,780) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) (M±SD) | 35.80±0.08 | 32.73±0.29 |
| Marital status % | ||
| Single | 13.39 [12.6,14.22] | 32.47 [29.72,35.35] |
| Married | 82.37 [81.5,83.21] | 63.54 [60.62,66.37] |
| Divorced + Widow | 4.23 [3.96,4.53] | 3.987 [3.12,5.08] |
| Education % | ||
| No formal schooling | 22.65 [21.9,23.41] | 6.15 [5.15,7.331] |
| Primary School | 30.07 [29.18,30.98] | 10.56 [9.079,12.25] |
| Secondary School | 17.6 [16.8,18.43] | 8.44 [6.874,10.33] |
| High School | 26.22 [25.28,27.19] | 35.86 [32.99,38.83] |
| University degrees | 3.46 [3.02,3.96] | 38.99 [35.91,42.15] |
| Living Area % | ||
| Rural | 30.7 [29.22,32.23] | 15.19 [13.16,17.47] |
| Urban | 69.3 [67.77,70.78] | 84.81 [82.53,86.84] |
| Socioeconomic status % | ||
| Very Low | 9.40 [8.76,10.09] | 8.73 [7.104,10.69] |
| Low | 33.72 [32.7,34.75] | 27.4 [24.99,29.95] |
| Middle | 33.06 [32.19,33.95] | 30.1 [27.47,32.87] |
| High | 18.51 [17.69,19.37] | 25.41 [22.7,28.32] |
| Very High | 5.30 [4.81,5.84] | 8.35 [6.878,10.12] |
M-mean; SD-Standard Deviation; CI-Confidence Interval CI95% was represented in []. Categorical variables were compared by χ2, while numerics tested by t-test. The differences between housewives and employed group in all above characteristics were significant at 0.01 level.