Table 1.

Distribution of Participants’ Sociodemographic Variables According to Gender (N = 700; Gaziantep, Turkey, 2013).

	Gender							p
	Women		Men		Total
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ2
Age group (years)
19-29	165	47.1	103	29.4	268	38.3	1.020	.000*
30-39	185a	52.9	161	46.0	346	49.4
40 and older	0.0	0.0	86	24.6	86	12.3
Educational level
Illiterate	19	5.4	11	3.1	30	4.3	103.314	.000*
Literate	43	12.3	8	2.3	51	7.3
Elementary	212a	60.6	133	38.0	345	49.3
High school	59	16.9	123	35.2	182	26.0
University or higher	17	4.8	75	21.4	92	13.1
Occupation
Not working	261a	74.6	9	2.6	270	38.6	405.195	.000*
Government worker	63	18.0	135	38.6	198	28.3
Employee	26	7.4	145	41.4	171	24.4
Self-employed	0.0	0.0	61	17.4	61	8.7
Duration of marriage
1-5 years	124a	35.4	95	27.1	219	31.3	22.290	.000*
6-10 years	47	13.4	85	24.3	132	18.9
11-15 years	110	31.4	80	22.9	190	27.1
16 years or more	69	19.7	90	25.7	159	22.7
Perception of income level
Sufficient	31	8.9	86	24.6	117	16.7	38.132	.000*
Partially sufficient	108	30.9	118	33.7	226	32.3
Not sufficient	211a	60.3	146	41.7	357	51.0
Living region
Province	271a	77.4	236	67.4	507	72.4	16.134	.000*
Town	65	18.6	73	20.9	138	19.7
Village	14	4.0	41	11.7	55	7.9

^aGroup forming the difference.

^*p < .05.