Table 3.

Associates of raised blood pressure of study subjects with their socio-economic variables

Particulars		Total (n)	Blood pressure within range		Raised Blood pressure		Test of Significance
			No.	%	No.	%	χ 2	df	P
Age in years	25-44 years	291	231	79.4	60	20.6	50.89	1	0.00
	45-64 years	134	60	44.8	74	55.2
Residing Village	Narayanpur	169	117	69.2	52	30.8	0.13	2	0.94
	Umrahan	144	97	67.4	47	32.6
	Chittauna	112	77	68.8	35	31.3
Marital status	With Spouse	351	243	69.2	108	30.8	0.54	1	0.46
	Without Spouse	74	48	64.9	26	35.1
Educational status	Illiterate + Just literate + Literate	112	60	53.6	52	46.4	20.23	2	0.00
	Primary + Middle + High	243	172	70.8	71	29.2
	Intermediate and above	70	59	84.3	11	15.7
Occupational status	Agriculture	73	46	63.0	27	37.0	9.79	3	0.02
	Labor	107	67	62.6	40	37.4
	Business + Service	67	56	83.6	11	16.4
	Not engaged in gainful employment	178	122	68.5	56	31.5
Socioeconomic Class	II + III	91	72	79.1	19	20.9	6.08	1	0.01
	IV + V	334	219	65.6	115	34.4