From: Social support for women of reproductive age and its predictors: a population-based study
Characteristica | n (%) | PRQ-85 Mean ± SD | Characteristica | n (%) | PRQ-85 Mean ± SD |
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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 |