Table 6.

Association between socio-demographic and respondents' adaptation.

Variables	Respondents' adaptation
	Adapting well	Not adapting well	χ2, p-value
Age group
Below 40	739 (84.2)	139 (15.8)
40+	208 (82.2)	45 (17.8)	0.55, 0.458
Gender
Male	405 (85.4)	69 (14.6)
Female	542 (82.5)	115 (17.5)	1.75, 0.185
Level of education
No college education	54 (84.4)	10 (15.6)
College education	893 (83.7)	174 (16.3)	0.02, 0.886
Professional background
Non-scientific/non-medical	346 (79.0)	92 (21.0)
Scientific/medical	601 (86.7)	92 (13.3)	11.77, 0.001**