TABLE 1.

Social and economic profile of patients with psoriasis

	Total (n=35)	Men (n=26)	Women (n=9)
Profession
Housekeepers	6	1	5
Public employees	3	3	0
Rural workers	5	4	1
Civil servants	13	11	2
Retired	8	7	1
Education
Illiterate	3	1	2
Elementary school	5	4	1
Middle school	14	10	4
High school	11	9	2
College	2	2	0
Mean (years)	6.2	6.3	6.0
Marital status
Single	6	5	1
Married	19	15	4
Divorced	8	5	3
Widowed	2	1	1
Years of Disease (mean ± sd)	14.9±5.5	15.3±5.5	13.8±5.5
Age-years (mean ± sd)	46.7±14.5	50.5±13.5	35.9±12.5