Table 3.
Prevalence of Stress According to Various Factors in Yazd Adult Population Aged 20-69 Years during 2014–2015 (n = 9965)
| Subgroups | Normal | Stress | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe & Very Severe | |||
| Crude | 6445 (65%) | 1149 (11.6%) | 1205 (12.2%) | 1114 (11.2%) | |
| Age group | |||||
| 20-29 | 1317(67.1%) | 215 (11%) | 241 (12.3%) | 190 (9.7%) | 0.033 |
| 30-39 | 1278 (63.1%) | 241 (11.9%) | 267 (13.2%) | 239 (11.8%) | |
| 40-49 | 1310 (63.9%) | 254 (12.4%) | 267 (13%) | 218 (10.6%) | |
| 50-59 | 1281 (65.1%) | 214 (10.9%) | 223 (11.3%) | 251 (12.7%) | |
| 60-69 | 1259 (66%) | 225 (11.8%) | 207 (10.9%) | 216 (11.3%) | |
| Education | |||||
| Primary school and less | 1492 (57.7%) | 310 (12%) | 378 (14.6%) | 407 (15.7%) | <0.0001 |
| High school | 1813 (64.7%) | 340 (12.1%) | 326 (11.6%) | 323 (11.5%) | |
| Diploma& Graduate Diploma | 2003 (68.3%) | 329 (11.2%) | 332 (11.3%) | 268 (9.1%) | |
| BSc | 934 (72.3%) | 125 (9.7%) | 137 (10.6%) | 95 (7.4%) | |
| MSc. and Doctorate | 176 (69.3%) | 35 (13.8%) | 26 (10.2%) | 17 (6.7%) | |
| History of depression | |||||
| Yes | 188 (32.1%) | 76 (13%) | 108 (18.5%) | 213 (36.4%) | <0.0001 |
| No | 6174 (67.3%) | 1051 (11.5%) | 1074 (11.7%) | 880 (9.6%) | |
| Employment | |||||
| Employed | 2737 (69.7%) | 458 (11.7%) | 408 (10.4%) | 323 (8.2%) | <0.0001 |
| Unemployed | 2329 (60.9%) | 436 (11.4%) | 502 (13.1%) | 558 (14.6%) | |
| Housewife | 1300 (63.8%) | 236 (11.6%) | 280 (13.7%) | 223 (10.9%) | |
| Insurance | |||||
| Not insured | 326 (60.7%) | 66 (12.3%) | 83 (15.5%) | 62 (11.5%) | <0.0001 |
| Insured | 6536 (70.6%) | 1008 (10.9%) | 1102 (11.9%) | 615 (6.6%) | |
| Migration status | |||||
| Native | 4984 (66.9%) | 823 (11%) | 853 (11.5%) | 788 (10.6%) | <0.0001 |
| From within the province | 530 (56.6%) | 129 (13.8%) | 156 (16.7%) | 121 (12.9%) | |
| From other provinces | 769 (60.8%) | 166 (13.1%) | 168 (13.3%) | 162 (12.8%) | |
| From overseas | 119 (55.3%) | 28 (13%) | 27 (12.6%) | 41 (19.1%) | |
| Marriage status | |||||
| Married | 5557 (65.9%) | 969 (11.5%) | 1001 (11.9%) | 903 (10.7%) | <0.0001 |
| Single | 687 (65.2%) | 117 (11.1%) | 131 (12.4%) | 119 (11.3%) | |
| Widowed | 186 (48.9%) | 52 (13.7%) | 55 (14.5%) | 87 (22.9%) | |
| Divorced | 21 (38.2%) | 8 (14.5%) | 17 (30.9%) | 9 (16.4%) | |
| Country of birth | |||||
| Iranian | 6283 (65.1%) | 1118 (11.6%) | 1177 (12.2%) | 1071 (11.1%) | 0.002 |
| Non-Iranian | 119 (55.3%) | 28 (13%) | 27 (12.6%) | 41 (19.1%) | |
| Religion | |||||
| Muslim | 6214 (65.2%) | 1097 (11.5%) | 1141 (12%) | 1079 (11.3%) | 0.003 |
| Zoroastrian | 135 (57.4%) | 31 (13.2%) | 46 (19.6%) | 23 (9.8%) | |