Table 1.
Demographics
Variable | Total n=267 Prop (N) Mean (SD) |
Buddhist n=132 Prop (N) Mean (SD) |
Muslim n=135 Prop (N) Mean (SD) |
P value |
Age | 50.44 (5.83) | 51.27 (6.08) | 49.63 (5.48) | 0.02* |
Literate | 0.88 (236) | 0.96 (127) | 0.81 (109) | <0.001* |
Education | 0.003* | |||
None | 0.06 (15) | 0.00 (0) | 0.11 (15) | |
Primary | 0.67 (179) | 0.71 (94) | 0.63 (85) | |
Secondary | 0.18 (49) | 0.18(24) | 0.19 (25) | |
Vocational | 0.05 (13) | 0.06 (8) | 0.04 (5) | |
Academic college | 0.04 (11) | 0.05 (6) | 0.04 (5) | |
Postgraduate | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | |
Civil status | ||||
Single | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | <0.001* |
Married | 0.69 (184) | 0.80 (106) | 0.58 (78) | |
Common law | 0.21 (55) | 0.09 (12) | 0.32 (43) | |
Separated | 0.01 (2) | 0.02 (2) | 0.00 (0) | |
Divorced | 0.04 (11) | 0.04 (5) | 0.04 (6) | |
Widowed | 0.04 (10) | 0.02 (3) | 0.05 (7) | |
Marriage age | 21.26 (5.35) | 22.85 (5.98) | 19.72 (4.15) | <0.001* |
Past year income (THB**) | 0.27 | |||
0–79 999 | 0.33 (78) | 0.34 (39) | 0.31 (39) | |
80 000–119 999 | 0.28 (67) | 0.31 (35) | 0.25 (32) | |
120 000–179 999 | 0.18 (44) | 0.19 (22) | 0.17 (22) | |
180 000 or more | 0.21 (51) | 0.16 (18) | 0.26 (33) |
*p < 0.05
**Thai Baht (Thailand currency)