Table 5.
Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and quality of life
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Quality of life
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Poor, n=57 n (%) | Good, n=318 n (%) | |
| Age (years) | ||
| <20 | 1 (20) | 4 (80) |
| 20–39 | 2 (3.8) | 51 (96.2) |
| 40–59 | 6 (6.8) | 82 (93.2) |
| ≥60 | 48 (21.0) | 181 (79.0) |
| χ2=16.15; df =3; P=0.001 | ||
| Sex | ||
| Male | 29 (16.3) | 149 (83.7) |
| Female | 28 (14.2) | 169 (85.8) |
| χ2=0.3; df =1; P=0.338 | ||
| Level of education | ||
| No formal | 34 (24.8) | 103 (75.2) |
| Primary | 8 (11.4) | 62 (88.6) |
| Secondary | 8 (10.1) | 71 (89.9) |
| Tertiary | 7 (7.9) | 82 (92.1) |
| χ2=20.31; df =3; P=0.001 | ||
| Current employment status | ||
| Employed | 23 (9.2) | 227 (90.8) |
| Not employed | 34 (27.9) | 88 (72.1) |
| χ2=22.02; df =1; P≤0.001 | ||
| Average income/month (naira) | ||
| <5,000 | 38 (66.7) | 130 (40.9) |
| ≥5,000 | 19 (33.3) | 188 (59.1) |
| χ2=13.9; df =3; P≤0.003 | ||
| Family setting | ||
| Monogamous | 26 (14.8) | 150 (85.2) |
| Polygamous | 28 (16.6) | 141 (83.4) |
| χ2=0.21; df =1; P≤0.378 | ||
Abbreviation: df, degrees of freedom.