Women’s self-care behavior and its relationship with social capital in Yazd, Iran

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 respondents’ characteristics

Variable	Parts	Mean	SD	p-value
Age	Marginal	35.83	10.85	0.373
	Middle	35.74	11.45
	Upper	34.53	11.67
	Full sample	35.37	11.33
Education qualifications	Marginal	10.83	3.75	0.001
	Middle	13.62	3.43
	Upper	13.96	3.12
	Full sample	12.83	3.71

Marital status	Parts	n	%	p-value
Married	Marginal	204	83.3	0.001
	Middle	189	76.8
	Upper	165	67.3
	Full sample	558	75.7
Single	Marginal	33	13.5
	Middle	55	22.4
	Upper	73	29.8
	Full sample	161	21.9
Others	Marginal	8	3.3
	Middle	2	0.8
	Upper	7	2.9
	Full sample	17	2.3

	Parts	Mean	SD	p-value
Number of children	Marginal	2.14	1.75	0.004
	Middle	1.71	1.50
	Upper	1.71	1.56
	Full sample	1.85	1.61

SD standard deviation; variable ranges: age (18–70); marital status (1–3); education qualifications (0–20); number of children (0–11); marginal part (n = 246); middle part (n = 246); upper part (n = 245); full sample (n = 737)

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