TABLE 2.
Cross‐cultural comparison of prevalence of sleep quality and psychological distress
| Group estimates (n = 1790) | Individual estimates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep quality | Good sleepers f (%) | Bad sleepers f (%) | χ2 | k | N | Good sleepers f (%) | Bad sleepers f (%) |
| Pakistan | 232 (16) | 388 (26) | 14.62** | .031*** | 820 | 232 (37) | 388 (63) |
| India | 339 (23) | 371 (25) | 812 | 339 (48) | 371 (52) | ||
| Nepal | 75 (5) | 92 (6) | 168 | 75 (44) | 92 (55) | ||
| Total | 646 (43) | 851 (57) | |||||
| Psychological distress | Group estimates (n = 1790) | Individual estimates | |||||
| Low distress | High distress | χ | k | N | Low distress | High distress | |
| Pakistan | 713 (40) | 97 (5) | 9.981** | .022*** | 820 | 713 (88) | 97 (22) |
| India | 735 (41) | 77 (4) | 812 | 735 (91) | (9) | ||
| Nepal | 161 (9) | 7 (1) | 168 | 161 (96) | 7 (4) | ||
| Total | 1609 (90) | 181 (10) | |||||
*p < .05.
**p < .01.