Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of PLS and comparison between PLS cared for by spouses and parents
| Variables | Kinship types N (%)/ Median (IQR) | Z/χ2 | P* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Cared by Spouses (n = 113) | Cared by Parents(n = 151) | ||||
| Functioning (GAF) | Median (IQR) | 42 (5–90) | 55 (11–85) | 35 (5–85) | 3.952 | < 0.001 |
| Age | Median (IQR) | 44 (23–72) | 53 (35–72) | 38 (23–53) | 10.422 | < 0.001 |
| Gender | Male | 138 (52.27) | 33 (29.20) | 105 (69.54) | ||
| Female | 126 (47.73) | 80 (70.80) | 46 (30.46) | 42.143 | < 0.001 | |
| Marriage | Married | 115 (43.56) | 113 (100) | 115 (76.16) | ||
| Not married | 149 (56.44) | 0 (0) | 36 (23.84) | 152.481 | < 0.001 | |
| Employment | Employed | 41 (15.53) | 14 (12.39) | 27 (17.88) | ||
| Not employed | 223 (84.47) | 99 (87.61) | 124 (82.12) | 1.486 | 0.223 | |
| Education | Primary | 116 (43.94) | 65 (57.52) | 51 (33.77) | ||
| Middle | 99 (37.50) | 31 (27.43) | 68 (45.03) | |||
| High | 49 (18.56) | 17 (15.04) | 32 (21.19) | 14.950 | < 0.001 | |
GAF Global Assessment of Function scale *numbers in bold represents significant values at P = 0.05/0.01