Table 1.
Relationships Between Perceptions of the Vaginal Examination in Terms of Demographic Variables (n = 200).
| Demographics | n (%) | P |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| ≤19 | 42 (21) | aP = .31 |
| 20-24 | 60 (30) | |
| 25-29 | 66 (33) | |
| 30-34 | 21 (10.5) | |
| ≥35 | 11 (5.5) | |
| Occupation | ||
| Housewife | 196 (98) | bP = .48 |
| Employed | 4 (2) | |
| Education level | ||
| Primary school | 15 (7.5) | aP = .4 |
| Secondary school | 36 (18) | |
| High school and diploma | 116 (58) | |
| University | 33 (16.5) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Fars | 62 (31) | aP = .24 |
| Tork | 110 (55) | |
| Lor | 18 (9) | |
| Kord | 7 (3.5) | |
| Other | 3 (1.5) | |
| Economic status (month wages: million RIS) | ||
| Undesirable <20 | 48 (24) | aP = .73 |
| Fairly favorable: 20-40 | 140 (70) | |
| Optimal: 40-100 | 12 (6) | |
| Rich: >100 | 0 (0) |
a
One-way analysis of variance.
b
Independent-samples t test.