Table 1.
Socio-economic characteristics of respondents
Participated in community activities |
Total |
P-value |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes |
No |
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n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
Total |
2781 |
46.13 |
3248 |
53.87 |
6029 |
100 |
|
Subject: | |||||||
Health professionals |
485 |
17.5 |
120 |
3.7 |
605 |
10.1 |
<0.01 |
Medical students |
2282 |
82.5 |
3106 |
96.3 |
5388 |
89.9 |
|
Specialization: | |||||||
Medical specialists |
1152 |
41.9 |
1119 |
34.9 |
2271 |
38.1 |
<0.01 |
General doctors |
534 |
19.4 |
626 |
19.5 |
1160 |
19.5 |
|
Pharmacists |
495 |
18.0 |
702 |
21.9 |
1197 |
20.1 |
|
Others |
569 |
20.7 |
761 |
23.7 |
1330 |
22.3 |
|
Gender: | |||||||
Male |
891 |
32.0 |
805 |
24.8 |
1696 |
28.1 |
<0.01 |
Female |
1890 |
68.0 |
2443 |
75.2 |
4333 |
71.9 |
|
Marital status: | |||||||
Single |
2392 |
86.3 |
3158 |
97.5 |
5550 |
92.3 |
<0.01 |
Living with spouse |
335 |
12.1 |
47 |
1.5 |
382 |
6.4 |
|
Others |
44 |
1.6 |
35 |
1.1 |
79 |
1.3 |
|
Health system levels: | |||||||
Central |
338 |
12.3 |
295 |
9.2 |
633 |
10.7 |
<0.01 |
Provincial |
509 |
18.5 |
432 |
13.5 |
941 |
15.8 |
|
District |
181 |
6.6 |
104 |
3.3 |
285 |
4.8 |
|
College/University |
1723 |
62.6 |
2363 |
74.0 |
4086 |
68.7 |
|
Living area: | |||||||
Urban |
2352 |
85.1 |
2803 |
87.0 |
5155 |
86.1 |
<0.01 |
Rural |
411 |
14.9 |
419 |
13.0 |
830 |
13.9 |
|
Region: | |||||||
Northern |
852 |
31.5 |
837 |
26.5 |
1689 |
28.8 |
<0.01 |
Central |
221 |
8.2 |
160 |
5.1 |
381 |
6.5 |
|
South |
1631 |
60.3 |
2159 |
68.4 |
3790 |
64.7 |
|
Age group: | |||||||
Under 25 |
2165 |
82.1 |
2937 |
96.5 |
5102 |
89.8 |
<0.01 |
25 and above |
473 |
17.9 |
108 |
3.6 |
581 |
10.2 |
|
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
P |
|
Age | 22.9 | 6.0 | 20.7 | 2.5 | 21.7 | 4.6 | <0.01 |
n – number, SD – standard deviation