Table 2.
The relationship between demographic characteristics and body dissatisfaction score in women six months postpartum (n = 300)
| Characteristics | Mean (SD) | P-value |
|---|---|---|
| Woman’s education | ||
| < High school | 74.29 (32.43) | 0.832* |
| High school | 73.48 (33.62) | |
| Academic | 76.07 (34.01) | |
| Spousal’s education | ||
| < High school | 76.91 (32.94) | 0.587* |
| High school | 72.28 (29.99) | |
| Academic | 76.2 (36.48) | |
| Birthplace | ||
| Urban | 77.70 (33.89) | 0.281** |
| Rural | 66.99 (31.30) | |
| Woman’s occupation | ||
| Housewife | 73.41 (34.90) | 0.273** |
| Employed | 79.96 (31.23) | |
| Spousal’s occupation | ||
| Employee | 79.03 (37.42) | 0.389*** |
| Free | 74.16 (31.75) | |
| worker | 65.47 (25.83) | |
| Unemployed | 79.11 (38.59) | |
| Economic status | ||
| Favorable | 73.80 (32.59) | 0.372*** |
| Relatively favorable | 76.69 (34.60) | |
| Undesirable | 63.31 (25.23) | |
* One way ANOVA **Independent t-test ***Kruskal–Wallis