Table 3.
Socioeconomic characteristics of male and female respondents.
| Socioeconomic Characteristics | Classes | Male (n = 238) |
Female (n = 141) |
Chi-square Test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freq. | % | Freq. | % | χ2 | p-value | ||
| Age |
< 19 19–28 29–37 >38 |
6 145 50 37 |
2.5 60.9 21.0 15.5 |
10 97 23 11 |
7.1 68.8 16.3 7.8 |
10.449 | 0.015 |
| Education |
High school College University |
1 4 233 |
4 1.7 97.9 |
2 3 136 |
1.4 2.1 96.5 |
1.230 | 0.541 |
| Household size |
<5 5–7 8–10 >10 |
50 100 54 34 |
21.0 42.0 22.7 14.3 |
34 74 24 9 |
24.1 52.5 17.0 6.4 |
8.754 | 0.033 |
| Marital status |
Single Married Divorced/widowed Prefer not to say |
156 78 1 3 |
65.5 32.8 0.4 1.3 |
103 36 2 0 |
73.0 25.5 1.4 0 |
5.165 | 0.160 |
| Type of family |
Single Accommodation Nuclear Joint Prefer not to say |
24 152 55 7 |
10.1 63.9 23.1 2.9 |
16 90 33 2 |
11.3 63.8 23.4 1.4 |
1.002 | 0.801 |
| Average income (in PKR)a |
<10,001 10,001–25,000 25,001–50,000 50,001–100,000 >100,000 |
24 23 59 59 73 |
10.1 9.7 24.8 24.8 30.7 |
15 17 29 52 28 |
10.6 12.1 20.6 36.9 19.9 |
9.491 | 0.050 |
a
1 USD = 165.95 PKR (5th Sept, 2020).