Table 4.

Association between level of psychological distress and sociodemographic and work-related characteristics of pharmacists.

Characteristics	Category	Mild/Moderate	Severe	Chi-square	P value
Sex	Male	16	54	0.040	0.841
	Female	22	80
Age	Below 30	32	90	4.172	0.041
	Above and equal to 30	6	44
Ethnicity	Brahmin	22	61	1.815	0.178
	Non-Brahmin	16	73
Religion	Hindu	32	109	0.165	0.685
	Non-Hindu	6	25
Education	Diploma	27	62	7.283	0.007
	Bachelor & above	11	72
Marital status	Unmarried	18	78	1.411	0.235
	Married/Divorced	20	56
Position	Owner	9	26	0.335	0.563
	Employee	29	108
Hours/day	<8	18	30	9.182	0.002
	8 and above	20	104
Days/week	6 or less	26	79	1.116	0.291
	7	12	55
Experience in years	3 or less	28	70	5.554	0.018
	<3	10	64
Satisfaction	Yes	32	78	8.682	0.003
	No	6	56
Work load	Yes	30	108	0.051	0.822
	No	8	26
Allowance	Yes	10	35	0.001	0.981
	No	28	99
Chronic illness	Yes	0	9	2.693	0.101
	No	38	125

Statistical significance at p < 0.05.