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. 2004 Feb 14;4:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-4-2

Table 3.

Prevalence of OCD by type of education and residential area.

Variable %(n) p
Education
Illiterate M (n: 2100) 0.4 (8) X2 = 12.05, df = 4, P = 0.01a
F (n: 3739) 2.5 (92) X2 = 13.93, df = 4, P = 0.008b
T (n: 5862) 1.7 (100) X2 = 15.68, df = 4, P = 0.003c
Elementary school M (n: 3280) 0.7 (22)
F (n: 3435) 3.3 (115)
T (n: 6734) 2 (137)
Secondary school M (n: 3036) 0.6 (17)
F (n: 1936) 2.7 (52)
T (n: 4789) 2.1 (100)
High school M (n: 2551) 0.9 (23)
F (n: 2223) 3.5 (77)
T (n: 4994) 1.4 (69)
Higher educated M (n: 1481) 0.14 (20)
F (n: 1033) 1.5 (15)
T (n: 2519) 1.4 (35)
Residential area
Urban M (n: 7965) 0.9 (72) X2 = 22.33, df = 1, P = 0.001a
F (n: 7750) 2.1 (99) X2 = 10.30, df = 1, P = 0.001b
T (n: 16042) 2 (326) X2 = 15.56, df = 1, P = 0.001c
Rural M (n: 4693) 4 (19)
F (n: 4770) 3.3 (254)
T (n: 9556) 1.2 (118)

M = Male, F = Female, T = Total. a: Weighted in total group b: Weighted in male subjects c: Weighted in female subjects. Discrepancy between total numbers and sum ups of male and female numbers are due to the missing data.