Table 1:
Sociodemographic and socio economic variables of participants
| Frequency | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Fars | 305 | 78 |
| Tork | 39 | 10 | |
| Lor | 40 | 12 | |
| Other | 5 | 1.3 | |
| Missing | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Level of religiosity | Very religious (following religious practices very often/often) | 18 | 4.6 |
| Moderately religious (following religious practices occasionally) | 158 | 40.4 | |
| Not very religious (following religious practices rarely) | 136 | 34.8 | |
| Not religious at all (never following religious practices) | 71 | 18.2 | |
| NA | 8 | 2 | |
| Postgraduate | 60 | 15.3 | |
| Education | Degree | 239 | 61.1 |
| Diploma/Certificate | 73 | 18.7 | |
| Secondary school | 14 | 3.6 | |
| Primary school | 4 | 1 | |
| NA | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Occupation | Managerial | 37 | 8.8 |
| Professional | 51 | 13.7 | |
| Clerical | 85 | 21.7 | |
| Manual labor | 6 | 1.5 | |
| Home duty | 68 | 17.4 | |
| Unemployed | 36 | 7.7 | |
| Student | 96 | 24 | |
| Missing | 18 | 4.6 | |
| Type of occupation | Government | 61 | 15.6 |
| Private | 132 | 33.8 | |
| NA | 198 | 50.6 | |
| Marital status | Single | 192 | 49.1 |
| Married | 178 | 45.5 | |
| Divorced | 7 | 1.8 | |
| Widow | 5 | 1.3 | |
| NA | 9 | 2.3 | |
| Education of partner | Postgraduate | 20 | 5.1 |
| Degree | 88 | 22.5 | |
| Diploma/Certificate | 56 | 14.3 | |
| Secondary school | 9 | 2.3 | |
| Primary school | 10 | 2.6 | |
| NA | 208 | 53.2 | |
| Parental status | No children | 87 | 22.3 |
| Children | 127 | 32.5 | |
| NA | 177 | 45.3 |