Table 2 Association between anxiety and population characteristics

Age

 18–20

62 (10.4%)

22 (5.5%)

 < 0.001^*

 21–25

159 (26.5%)

72 (18.1%)

 26–30

96 (16.0%)

85 (21.4%)

 31–35

106 (17.7%)

98 (24.6%)

 36–40

118 (19.7%)

77 (19.3%)

 41–45

58 (9.7%)

44 (11.1%)

Place of residency

 Beirut

221 (36.9%)

175 (44.0%)

 < 0.001^*

 Mount Lebanon

151 (25.2%)

114 (28.6%)

 South

44 (7.3%)

45 (11.3%)

 North

90 (15.0%)

31 (7.8%)

 Beqaa

93 (15.5%)

33 (8.3%)

Marital Status

 Single

260 (43.4%)

103 (25.9%)

 < 0.001^*

 Married

326 (54.4%)

283 (71.1%)

 Divorced

13 (2.2%)

12 (3.0%)

Income per month

 Low

88 (14.7%)

32 (8.0%)

0.007^*

 Middle

505 (84.3%)

361 (90.7%)

 High

6 (1.0%)

5 (1.3%)

Educational level

 High school and below

169 (28.2%)

91 (22.9%)

0.060

 Above high school

430 (71.8%)

307 (77.1%)

Smoking

 No

383 (63.9%)

286 (71.9%)

0.009^*

 Yes

216 (36.1%)

112 (28.1%)

Alcohol Consumption

 No

575 (96.0%)

386 (97.0%)

0.411

 Yes

24 (4.0%)

12 (3.0%)

Number of children

 None

271 (4.4%)

124 (7.1%)

0.321

 1 child

58 (16.9%)

47 (15.9%)

 2 or more children

270 (78.7%)

227 (76.9%)

Last Delivery

 None

277 (4.7%)

124 (7.1%)

0.074

 Less than 3 months

25 (7.4%)

34 (11.5%)

 More than 3 months

297 (87.9%)

240 (81.4%)

Abortion

 Never

475 (63.4%)

289 (63.1%)

0.796

 Once

24 (7.1%)

25 (8.5%)

 Twice or more

100 (29.5%)

84 (28.5%)

Reason for OCP intake

 Contraception

212 (35.4%)

285 (71.6%)

 < 0.001^*

 Menstrual disorders

328 (54.8%)

87 (21.9%)

 PCOS

59 (9.8%)

26 (6.5%)

Duration of OCP intake

 Less than or equal to 6 months

390 (65.1%)

206 (51.8%)

 < 0.001^*

 More than 6 months

209 (34.9%)

192 (48.2%)

Type of Oral Contraceptive

 POP

275 (45.9%)

355 (89.2%)

 < 0.001^*

 COC

324 (54.1%)

43 (10.8%)

Depression

 No

327 (54.6%)

29 (7.3%)

 < 0.001^*

 Yes

272 (45.4%)

369 (92.7%)