Table 7 Association between the sociodemographic state and the participants’ total attitude level of the diseases
Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Chi-square test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | χ2 | P | |
Age (mean ± SD) | 37.8 ± 11.6 | 38.5 ± 11.6 | 1.703a | 0.089 | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 867 | 52.5 | 627 | 46.6 | ||
Female | 783 | 47.5 | 723 | 53.6 | 11.055 | 0.001 |
Education | ||||||
Illiterate | 186 | 11.3 | 157 | 11.6 | ||
Primary | 222 | 13.5 | 189 | 14.0 | ||
Secondary | 618 | 37.5 | 332 | 24.6 | ||
University | 498 | 30.2 | 540 | 40.0 | ||
Postgraduate | 126 | 7.6 | 132 | 9.8 | 63.678 | < 0.001 |
Profession | ||||||
Manual | 200 | 12.1 | 157 | 11.6 | ||
Technical | 393 | 23.8 | 206 | 15.3 | ||
Official | 252 | 15.3 | 165 | 12.2 | ||
Professional | 184 | 11.2 | 257 | 19.0 | ||
Not working | 621 | 37.6 | 565 | 41.9 | 67.108 | < 0.001 |
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 869 | 52.7 | 690 | 51.1 | ||
Rural | 445 | 27.0 | 445 | 33.0 | ||
Suburban | 336 | 20.4 | 215 | 15.9 | 17.297 | < 0.001 |
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 238 | 14.4 | 185 | 13.7 | ||
Married | 1018 | 61.7 | 969 | 71.8 | ||
Divorced | 194 | 11.8 | 108 | 8.0 | ||
Widowed | 200 | 12.1 | 88 | 6.5 | 46.358 | < 0.001 |
Family history of rheumatic diseases | ||||||
Yes | 593 | 35.9 | 637 | 47.2 | ||
No | 693 | 42.0 | 456 | 33.8 | ||
I don’t know | 364 | 22.1 | 257 | 19.0 | 39.288 | < 0.001 |