Effectiveness of resilience training intervention on psychological capital of the underprivileged widowed women of Fasa City, Iran

Table 1 Comparing demographic characteristics of widowed women in both control and experimental groups

Variable	Experimental group		Control group		P-value*
Variable	n	%	n	%	P-value*
Education
Literacy for reading and writing	5	8.3	4	6.66	0.229
Under diploma	47	78.34	54	90
Diploma	8	13.33	2	3.34
Occupation
Housewife	36	60	39	65	0.706
Employed	24	40	21	35	0.706
Number of children
Daughter
5 and less	42	70	38	63.34	0.439
6 and more	18	30	22	36.66
Son
5 and less	28	46.66	30	50	0.715
6 and more	32	53.35	30	50
Status of life
With children	51	85	55	91.66	0.255
Alone	9	15	5	8.32	0.255
Duration of widowhood
Less than 1 year	6	10	10	16.66	0.185
1–2 years	25	41.66	16	26.67
3–5 years	29	48.34	34	56.67

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