Table 1.
Sociodemographic Details of Patients Diagnosed With Persistent Delusional Disorder (N = 455)a
| Variable | Patients |
| Gender | |
| Male | 236 (51.9) |
| Female | 219 (48.1) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 79 (17.4) |
| Married | 361 (79.3) |
| Separated | 6 (1.3) |
| Divorced | 2 (0.4) |
| Widowed | 7 (1.5) |
| Education | |
| Illiterate | 20 (4.4) |
| School education | 300 (65.9) |
| Graduation | 99 (21.8) |
| Postgraduation | 36 (7.9) |
| Occupation | |
| Student | 12 (2.6) |
| Housewife | 141 (31.0) |
| Regular employment | 111 (24.4) |
| Daily wage worker | 86 (18.9) |
| Self-employed | 50 (11.0) |
| Unemployed | 55 (12.1) |
| Socioeconomic status | |
| Lower socioeconomic status | 306 (67.3) |
| Middle and upper socioeconomic status | 149 (32.7) |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 274 (60.2) |
| Rural | 181 (39.8) |
a
Data are presented as n (%).