Table 2.
Comparison of mean scores for preventive behavior across demographic variables (n=767)
| Variables | n (%) | Preventive behavior | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mean±SD | t / F1 | p-value | ||
| Total | 58.04±6.64 | |||
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| Age (y) | ||||
| 18–30 | 155 (20.2) | 58.94±6.38 | 1.935 | 0.103 |
| 31–40 | 147 (19.2) | 57.72±7.60 | ||
| 41–50 | 178 (23.2) | 58.57±5.64 | ||
| 51–60 | 166 (21.6) | 57.12±6.85 | ||
| >60 | 121 (15.8) | 57.78±6.66 | ||
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| Gender | ||||
| Men | 334 (43.5) | 57.33±6.76 | −2.601 | 0.009 |
| Women | 433 (56.4) | 58.59±6.49 | ||
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| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 622 (81.1) | 57.83±6.67 | −1.890 | 0.060 |
| Unmarried | 145 (18.9) | 58.96±6.43 | ||
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| Type of area | ||||
| Rural | 135 (17.6) | 59.43±6.63 | 5.787 | 0.003 |
| Urban | 589 (76.8) | 57.60±6.66 | ||
| Semi-urban | 43 (5.6) | 59.77±5.40 | ||
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| Education | ||||
| Up to junior high school | 116 (15.1) | 57.35±7.50 | 2.525 | 0.040 |
| High school | 156 (20.3) | 58.19±6.93 | ||
| Higher secondary | 131 (17.1) | 56.71±6.80 | ||
| Graduate | 304 (39.6) | 58.72±6.04 | ||
| Postgraduate and above | 60 (7.8) | 58.48±6.23 | ||
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| Occupation | ||||
| Government job | 130 (16.9) | 58.64±6.45 | 3.590 | 0.007 |
| Business | 129 (16.8) | 58.04±6.32 | ||
| Private job | 151 (19.7) | 56.30±6.77 | ||
| Homemaker | 225 (29.3) | 58.36±6.72 | ||
| Unemployed | 132 (17.2) | 58.91±6.56 | ||
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| Type of family | ||||
| Nuclear | 269 (35.1) | 59.44±5.70 | 4.596 | <0.001 |
| Joint | 498 (64.9) | 57.29±6.98 | ||
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| Chronic illness | ||||
| Yes | 174 (22.7) | 57.94±6.20 | 1.355 | 0.259 |
| No | 548 (71.4) | 57.94±6.79 | ||
| Don’t know | 45 (5.9) | 59.62±6.31 | ||
SD, standard deviation.
1
t-test or analysis of variance.