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. 2014 Apr 5;14:31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-31

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants in baseline and those who participated and lost in follow-up

 
 Baseline
 Follow-up
 Lost to follow
  
 
 N = 791
 N = 543
 N = 248
  
  No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) P*
Gender
  
  
  
  
  
  
 0.37
Male
 398
 (50.3)
 279
 (51.4)
 119
 (48)
  
Female
 393
 (49.7)
 264
 (48.6)
 129
 (52)
  
Total
 791
 (100)
 543
 (100)
 248
 (100)
  
Age group
  
  
  
  
  
  
 0.38
18-24
 216
 (27.3)
 143
 (26.3)
 73
 (29.4)
  
25-34
 257
 (32.5)
 178
 (32.8)
 79
 (31.9)
  
35-44
 192
 (24.3)
 128
 (23.6)
 64
 (25.8)
  
> 45
 126
 (15.9)
 94
 (17.3)
 32
 (12.9)
  
Total
 791
 (100)
 543
 (100)
 248
 (100)
  
Education
  
  
  
  
  
  
 0.62
Illiterate/Elementary1
 126
 (16.0)
 91
 (16.8)
 35
 (14.1)
  
High school
 336
 (42.6)
 229
 (42.3)
 107
 (43.1)
  
University
 327
 (41.4)
 221
 (40.9)
 106
 (42.8)
  
Total
 789
 (100)
 541
 (100)
 248
 (100)
  
Marital status
  
  
  
  
  
  
 0.16
Married
 276
 (35.2)
 183
 (34.1)
 93
 (38)
  
Single
 507
 (64.8)
 355
 (65.9)
 152
 (62)
  
Total
 783
 (100)
 538
 (100)
 245
 (100)
  
Employment
  
  
  
  
  
  
 0.86
Employed
 384
 (48.9)
 270
 (50.3)
 114
 (46)
  
Unemployed
 62
 (7.9)
 41
 (7.6)
 21
 (8.5)
  
Student
 99
 (12.6)
 64
 (11.9)
 35
 (14.1)
  
Housewife
 224
 (28.5)
 152
 (28.3)
 72
 (29)
  
Other
 16
 (2.1)
 10
 (1.9)
 6
 (2.4)
  
Total
 785
 (100)
 537
 (100)
 248
 (100)
  
Economic status 2
 
  
  
  
  
 0.11
Low
 227
 (33.4)
 164
 (34.7)
 63
 (30.2)
  
Moderate
 223
 (32.8)
 143
 (30.3)
 80
 (38.5)
  
High
 230
 (33.8)
 165
 (35.0)
 65
 (31.3)
  
Total 680 (100) 472 (100) 208 (100)  

*Chi-square test (p < 0.05).

1Illiterate/Elementary: less than nine years of education.

2derived from average living area in square meter per person (m2/p) [22].