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Table 1. Demographic variables status in two groups of Iranian women-headed households, 2015 .

Variable	Categorization	Case		Control		X² test p value
	Categorization	n	%	n	%	X² test p value
Marital status	Divorced	56	62.2	65	72.2	0.178
	Married	19	21.1	10	11.1
	Widow	15	16.7	15	16.7
Education	Illiterate	2	2.2	8	8.9	0.178
	Elementary	18	20.0	16	17.8
	Junior high school	28	31.1	24	26.7
	Diploma	33	36.7	38	42.2
	Academic	9	10.0	4	4.4
Employment	Day laborer	86	95.6	79	87.8	0.059
Employment	Contractual & official employment	4	4.4	11	12.2
Reason of household-heading	Widow	15	16.7	15	16.7	0.057
	Divorced	53	58.9	65	72.2
	Other reasons (husband’s addiction/imprisonment, escape, disease)	15	16.7	15	16.7
		53	58.9	65	72.2
		22	24.4	10	11.1