Table 1.

Perceived stress, spousol support and marital life levels according to participants demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristics		PSS M ± S.D	Analysis Results	SSS M ± S.D	Analysis Results	MLS M ± S.D	Analysis Results
Age	< 30a	42.03 ± 5.51	F = 2.43	71.21 ± 11.17	F = 7.91	34.80 ± 3.97	F = 6.36
	30-40b	40.57 ± 7.26	p = 0.06	68.23 ± 12.28	p < 0.0001	33.15 ± 4.97	p < 0.0001
	40-50c	39.65 ± 7.17	Ƞ2 = 0.01	63.35 ± 13.39	a > c, a > d	31.90 ± 4.70	a > c, a > d*
	≥ 50d	39.22 ± 6.83		64.39 ± 13.93	b > c, b > d*	32.92 ± 4.44	Ƞ2 = 0.04
					Ƞ2 = 0.05
Sex	Male	38.93 ± 7.54	t = -2.87	71.39 ± 10.20	t = 4.77	34.66 ± 4.59	t = 4.23
	Female	41.06 ± 6.71	p = 0.004	65.98 ± 13.28	p < 0.0001	32.61 ± 4.75	p < 0.0001
Education	Primarya	40.07 ± 7.02	F = 0.85	67.09 ± 15.11	F = 4.21	33.61 ± 4.62	F = 2.25
Level	Secondaryb	42.31 ± 5.63	p = 0.51	56.13 ± 15.88	p = 0.001	29.44 ± 5.30	p = 0.048
	Highc	40.94 ± 7.90	Ƞ2 = 0.01	63.85 ± 12.39	a > b, a > c,	32.61 ± 5.26	a > b, c > b,
	Bachelord	40.01 ± 6.80		68.48 ± 12.54	d > b, d > c,	33.33 ± 4.75	d > b, e > b*
	Post-Graduatee	41.27 ± 7.10		67.85 ± 11.56	e > b, e > c*	33.25 ± 4.33	Ƞ2 = 0.02
					Ƞ2 = 0.04
Place of Residince	With curfew ordinances	40.95 ± 6.92		66.88 ± 13.06		32.73 ± 4.89
	Without curfew ordinances	38.81 ± 6.96	t = 2.72	68.86 ± 11.74	t = -3.54	34.54 ± 4.09	t = -1.43
			p = 0.007		p = 0.15		p < 0.0001
Having Children	Yes	40.22 ± 6.94	t = -2.02	65.99 ± 13.19	t = -7.25	32.80 ± 4.84	t = -3.37
	No	41.83 ± 7.01	p = 0.04	73.78 ± 8.80	p < 0.0001	34.69 ± 4.17	p = 0.001
Income	Lowa	42.26 ± 6.71	F = 8.19	63.56 ± 14.99	F = 5.90	32.09 ± 5.09	F = 3.63
Levels	Moderateb	40.73 ± 7.02	p < 0.0001	68.20 ± 12.23	p = 0.003	33.57 ± 4.93	p = 0.02
	Highc	38.71 ± 6.73	a > c*	68.45 ± 11.57	b > a, c > a*Ƞ2 = 0.02	33.06 ± 4.16	Ƞ2 = 0.01

PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; SSS: Spousal Support Scale; MLS: Marital Life Scale; M: Mean; S.D. Standart Deviation; F: One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); t: independent sample t-test; *Tukey test