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Table 1 Association of socio-demographic and related factors with psychological morbidity

From: Psychological morbidity in Nepali cross-border migrants in India: a community based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

Psychological morbidity

p value

 

Total

Non-case-ness

Case-ness

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age

< 25 years

170 (22.7)

148 (87.06)

22 (12.94)

< 0.001

25–34 years

310 (41.39)

283 (91.29)

27 (8.71)

35–44 years

190 (25.37)

164 (86.32)

26 (13.68)

45 years and above

79 (10.55)

53 (67.09)

26 (32.91)

Gender

Male

726 (96.67)

633 (87.19)

93 (12.81)

< 0.001

Female

25 (3.33)

17 (68.0)

8 (32.0)

Marital status

Unmarried

123 (16.42)

104 (84.55)

19 (15.45)

0.006

Married

613 (81.84)

538 (87.77)

75 (12.23)

Others (widow, divorced)

13 (1.74)

6 (46.15)

7 (53.85)

Education

No Schooling

102 (13.58)

75 (73.53)

27 (26.47)

< 0.001

Primary and lower (1–5 grades)

236 (31.42)

200 (84.75)

36 (15.25)

Lower Secondary (6–8 grades)

231 (30.76)

211 (91.34)

20 (8.66)

Secondary (9–10 grades)

138 (18.38)

123 (89.13)

15 (10.87)

SLC and Higher

44 (5.86)

41 (93.18)

3 (6.82)

Ethnicity

Brahmin/Chhetri/Thakuri

345 (46.25)

315 (91.3)

30 (8.7)

< 0.001

Dalit and Janajatis Hill

238 (31.9)

222 (93.28)

16 (6.72)

Dalit, Janajatis and others Terai

144 (19.3)

99 (68.75)

45 (31.25)

Religious minorities

19 (2.55)

12 (63.16)

7 (36.84)

Occupation

Hotel worker

209 (28.32)

191 (91.39)

18 (8.61)

< 0.001

Factory worker

208 (28.18)

172 (82.69)

36 (17.31)

Watchmen

197 (26.69)

165 (83.76)

32 (16.24)

Others¶¶

124 (16.8)

110 (88.71)

14 (11.29)

Household income (monthly) (in §Nepali Rupee)

< 10,000 NR

128 (17.2)

104 (81.25)

24 (18.75)

0.035

10,000–19,999 NR

252 (33.87)

221 (87.7)

31 (12.3)

20,000–29,999 NR

235 (31.59)

215 (91.49)

20 (8.51)

30,000 NR and more

129 (17.34)

105 (81.4)

24 (18.6)

Salary (monthly)

(in Indian Rupee§§)

< 10,000 IR

202 (27.08)

166 (82.18)

36 (17.82)

0.03

10,000–15,000 IR

469 (62.87)

411 (87.63)

58 (12.37)

15,001 IR and more

75 (10.05)

70 (93.33)

5 (6.67)

Was with family¶¶¶

Yes

119 (16.35)

98 (82.35)

21 (17.65)

0.15

No

609 (83.65)

531 (87.19)

78 (12.81)

  1. Note: , Given the column wise total proportion to compare the frequency distribution within each group; ¶¶, other occupations were house servant, driver, agriculture workers; ¶¶¶, the question asked was ‘Did you use to live with your family member while staying in India?”; §, 1 Nepali Rupee = 0.0089 USD; §§, 1 Indian Rupee = 0.014 USD