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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Indic Res. 2015 Feb;120(3):669–687. doi: 10.1007/s11205-014-0611-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sample

Variable Male [n (%)] Female [n (%)] Total [n (%)]
Sample size N 152 (39.28 %) 235 (60.72 %) 387 (100 %)
Residential status
 Urban residents 50 (32.89 %) 74 (31.49 %) 124 (32.04 %)
 Rural residents 49 (32.24 %) 80 (34.04 %) 129 (33.33 %)
 Rural-to-urban migrants 53 (34.87 %) 81 (34.47 %) 134 (34.63 %)
Age in years
 Mean (SD) 29.75 (8.17) 30.48 (8.77) 30.20 (8.54)
Marital status [n (%)]
 Single 73 (48.03 %) 90 (38.30 %) 163 (42.12 %)
 Married 77 (50.66 %) 144 (61.28 %) 221 (57.11 %)
 Others 2 (1.32 %) 1 (0.43 %) 3 (0.78 %)
Educational attainment [n (%)]
 Primary school or less 6 (3.95 %) 12 (5.11 %) 18 (4.65 %)
 Middle school 48 (31.58 %) 80 (34.04 %) 128 (33.07 %)
 High school 54 (35.53 %) 83 (35.32 %) 137 (35.40 %)
 College or more 44 (28.95 %) 60 (25.53 %) 104 (26.87 %)
Social capital [mean (SD)]
 Total PSCS score 2.76 (0.57) 2.68 (0.59) 2.90 (0.59)
 Bonding capital 3.13 (0.55) 3.06 (0.59) 3.10 (0.57)
 Bridging capital 2.39 (0.75) 2.27 (0.72) 2.33 (0.74)
Levels of perceived stress
 Mean (SD) 2.63 (0.53) 2.67 (0.52) 2.66 (0.52)