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. 2019 Nov 17;16(22):4542. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224542

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample.

Sociodemographic Variables Total (N = 135) VAD (n = 45) PAD (n = 90) p-Values
Age mean (SD)
range
44.1 (14.5)
19–80
48.2 (19.0)
19–80
42.2 (11.3)
23–71
p = 0.060 a
N (%) n (%) n (%)
Gender Male
Female
47 (34.6)
88 (65.4)
14 (30.2)
31 (69.8)
33 (36.7)
57 (63.3)
p = 0.523 b
Marital status Single
Married
Divorced
In a relationship
32 (24.1)
56 (42.1)
19 (14.3)
26 (19.5)
10 (22.7)
20 (45.5)
6 (13.6)
8 (18.2)
22 (24.7)
36 (40.4)
13 (14.6)
18 (20.2)
p = 0.941 b
Education Middle school or less
High-school diploma
University degree
16 (11.9)
20 (14.8)
99 (73.3)
8 (17.8)
12 (26.7)
25 (55.6)
8 (8.9)
8 (8.9)
74 (82.2)
p = 0.004 b
Employment status Full-time
Part-time
Unemployed (housewife, pensioner)
School/University Studies
70 (51.9)
33 (24.4)
19 (14.1)
13 (9.6)
5 (11.1)
11 (24.4)
18 (40.1)
11 (24.4)
65 (72.2)
22 (24.4)
1 (1.1)
2 (2.2)
p < 0.001 b
Religion Roman-Catholic
Protestant
Muslim
Other
None
37 (27.6)
53 (39.6)
7 (5.2)
8 (6.0)
29 (21.6)
12 (27.3)
22 (48.9)
0 (0.0)
4 (9.1)
6 (13.6)
25 (27.8)
31 (34.4)
7 (7.8)
4 (4.4)
23 (25.6)
p = 0.083 c
Migration background Yes
No
39 (28.9)
96 (71.1)
6 (13.3)
39 (86.7)
33 (36.7)
57 (63.3)
p = 0.005 b

a Mann-Whitney-U test used because of non-normal distribution, b χ2-test, c Fisher’s exact test.