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. 2020 Nov 25;20(4):e00499. doi: 10.34172/jrhs.2020.34

Table 1. The frequency distribution of the demographic, behavioral, social, and religious characteristics of the participants.

Continuous variables Mean SD
Age (yr) 33.00 11.31
Number of siblings 4.10 2.41
Rank of birth 2.87 1.91
Times of doing regular physical exercise per week 0.83 1.67
Categorical variables Number Percent
Gender
Female 5755 52.9
Male 5121 47.1
Marital status
Single 4140 38.0
Married 6321 57.9
Divorced/Widow 446 4.1
Educational level
Illiterate 199 1.8
School education 4634 42.8
Academic education 6002 55.4
Reading at least one hour per week
No 2724 28.0
Yes 6994 72.0
Having an intimate friend of the same sex
No 2136 19.7
Yes 8711 80.3
Having an intimate friend of the opposite sex
No 7472 69.0
Yes 3351 31.0
Father's behavior
Reasonable 7537 70.2
Aggressive 1919 17.9
Careless 1276 11.9
Mother's behavior
Reasonable 8294 77.1
Aggressive 1232 11.5
Careless 1226 11.4
Death of a parent during childhood
No 9533 88.0
Yes 1301 12.0
Parental divorce during childhood
No 10299 95.0
Yes 538 4.96
Ability to control anger
No 3251 30.0
Yes 7597 70.0
Regular prayer
No 5575 51.9
Yes 5165 48.1
Adhere to avoid lying
No 3945 36.4
Yes 6895 63.6
Respect other people's rights
No 2060 19.0
Yes 8782 81.0
Interest in watching action movies
No 6492 59.9
Yes 4344 40.1
Interest in watching porn movies
No 8172 76.2
Yes 2546 23.8
Interest in listening to music
No 2174 20.1
Yes 8659 79.9
Being sexually abused in childhood
No 9899 92.0
Yes 855 8.0
History of escape from home
No 9682 89.6
Yes 1129 10.4
History of escape from school
No 8381 78.0
Yes 2367 22.0
Being in kindergarten in childhood
No 7780 72.1
Yes 3004 27.9
Using neuropsychiatric drugs
No 9653 89.6
Yes 1122 10.4
Using illicit drugs in the past month
No 9675 89.7
Yes 1110 10.3
Drinking alcohol in the past month
No 9023 83.3
Yes 1803 16.7
Having extramarital sex in the past month
No 9752 90.2
Yes 1064 9.8
A history of suicidal thoughts in the past month
No 9884 91.3
Yes 947 8.7
A history of suicide attempt in the past year
No 10249 94.6
Yes 588 5.4
Having sexual satisfaction
No 973 15.8
Yes 5178 84.2
Attachment to parents
Low 5288 52.7
High 4737 47.3
Family conflict and hostility
Low 6729 64.1
High 3764 35.9