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. 2021 Aug 28;12:279–290. doi: 10.2147/PROM.S322421

Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Patients

Variables Categories Frequency (N=469) Percept (%)
Sex Male 153 32.60
Female 316 67.4
Residency Urban 255 54.4
Rural 214 45.6
Marital status Single 65 13.9
Married 301 64.2
Divorced/separated 46 9.8
Windowed 57 12.2
Educational level Cannot read and write 249 53
Read and write 62 13.2
Primary education 52 11.1
Secondary education 53 11.3
College and above 53 11.3
Occupation Government employ 53 11.3
Merchant 80 17.1
Farmer 91 19.4
Housewife 180 38.4
Others 65 13.9

Note: The ‘Others’ categories includes daily laborer, student, no occupation, monk, and drivers.