Table 2 Association between Sociodemographic characteristics and Social support score: Bivariate test (n = 1359)

Age (in years)

Spouse’s occupation ^§

15–24

350 (25.8)

133.7 ± 18.3

Unemployed

19 (2.0)

127.3 ± 18.7^*

25–34

468 (34.4)

134.5 ± 17.3

Worker

127 (13.2)

128.9 ± 15.8

35 or higher

541 (39.8)

134.7 ± 18.2

Clerk

363 (37.8)

136.4 ± 17.0

Marital status

Private sector

417 (43.4)

134.8 ± 17.7

Single

360 (26.6)

133.3 ± 18.9

Experts/Managers

44 (3.5)

139.6 ± 19.1

Married

957 (70.8)

134.8 ± 17.5

Sufficiency of income for expenses

Divorced

17 (1.3)

133.4 ± 20.7

Absolutely not

199 (14.9)

129.1 ± 20.4^*

Widowed

17 (1.3)

137.2 ± 13.4

To some extent

928 (69.3)

134.1 ± 17.5

Education

Completely

213 (15.9)

140.0 ± 16.0

Illiterate

23 (1.7)

129.1 ± 18.1^*

Crowding index***

Elementary school

111 (8.2)

133.7 ± 15.1

Low

611 (46.6)

135.7 ± 18.5

Secondary school

170 (12.5)

132.1 ± 18.5

Average

535 (40.8)

133.2 ± 17.9

High school

86 (6.3)

127.1 ± 17.1

High

164 (12.5)

132.9 ± 15.7

Diploma

510 (37.6)

133.8 ± 17.2

Primary source support

University

455 (33.6)

137.5 ± 18.6

Mother

248 (18.5)

136.0 ± 18.6^**

Occupation

Father

46 (3.4)

131.9 ± 20.2

Housewife

866 (64.1)

133.6 ± 17.7^**

Mother & Father

214 (16.0)

134.5 ± 17.0

Employed

207 (15.3)

137.9 ± 17.2

Spouse

614 (45.9)

135.3 ± 17.1

Student

247 (18.3)

134.2 ± 18.5

Friend & Relative

188 (14.2)

131.7 ± 16.9

Unemployed

32 (2.4)

132.4 ± 22.7

Others

27 (2.0)

121.4 ± 29.0

Spouse’s Education ^§

Ethnicity

Illiterate

8 (0.8)

133.7 ± 12.0^*

Persian

851 (63.4)

135.2 ± 18.1

Elementary school

107 (10.9)

130.5 ± 18.4

Azeri

380 (28.3)

132.5 ± 17.4

Secondary school

159 (16.1)

132.6 ± 15.4

Kurd

44 (3.3)

131.3 ± 19.6

High school

50 (5.1)

123.3 ± 15.0

Lore

49 (3.7)

136.0 ± 18.3

Diploma

380 (38.6)

135.2 ± 16.6

Guilac

18 (1.3)

137.7 ± 18.8

University

281 (28.5)

138.7 ± 18.4