Table 3.

Scores of spiritual well-being regarding demographic variables of students.

Variable	Spiritual well-being (total sample)		Statistical test and p value	Spiritual well-being (nonmedical science students)		Statistical test & p value	Spiritual well-being (medical science students)		Statistical test and p value
	Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Educational year
First	84.03	15.45	H = 13.36 p=0.01	89.51	16.10	F = 1.14 p=0.34	77.53	11.76	H = 24.29 p < 0.001
Second	85.19	16.02		91.61	16.37		79.39	13.32
Third	90.44	18.52		91.67	18.02		89.37	19.02
Forth	87.22	17.71		86.52	18.55		87.87	17.16
Fifth and upper	82.44	14.76		85.32	16.47		79.56	12.50
Sex
Female	86.85	15.86	t = 2.43	92.52	15.22	t = 3.48	82.21	14.87	t = 1.18
Male	83.42	17.74	p=0.01	85.80	18.46	p=0.001	79.91	16.10	p=0.24
Marital status
Single	85.39	16.72	t = −1.37	89.40	17.22	t = −1.22	81.38	15.21	t = −0.83
Married	88.13	15.21	p=0.17	92.97	13.70	p=0.22	83.52	15.29	p=0.41
Occupation
Unemployed	85.53	16.73	t = −1.48	89.41	17.22	Z = −1.13	81.56	15.26	t = −0.93
Employed	88.57	14.85	p=0.14	92.95	12.96	p=0.26	84.08	15.49	p=0.35
Living with both parents
Yes	85.74	16.72	t = 0.45	89.85	16.49	t = 0.45	81.67	15.49	Z = −0.24
No	84.64	13.71	p=0.45	88.40	15.46	p=0.65	79.0	7.99	p=0.67
Living place
Student dormitory	84.55	16.64	F = 1.70 p=0.18	90.83	16.89	F = 0.30 p=0.74	81.02	15.45	F = 1.30 p=0.30
Rented house	86.18	20.28		90.35	21.54		77.85	14.92
Resident of Kerman	15.86	0.10		89.24	16.18		83.52	14.69

t = independent t-test, F = analysis of variance, Z = Mann–Whitney U test, H = Kruskal–Wallis.