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Table 1 Socio-demographic factors of the study participants presenting to the infertility Centre

From: Association of depression and resilience with fertility quality of life among patients presenting to the infertility centre for treatment in Karachi, Pakistan

 

Male (n = 334)

Female (n = 334)

P value

A. Demographics

 Age (in years)

  Mean ± SD

35.53 ± 6.72

30.87 ± 6.12

0.001*

 Formal Education

  Yes

311 (93.1%)

281 (84.1%)

< 0.001*

  No

23 (6.9%)

53 (15.9%)

 Years of education (in years)

  Median (IQR)

14 (10–16)

12 (7–16)

0.001*

 Informal Education

  Yes

167 (50.0%)

209 (62.6%)

0.001*

  No

167 (50.0%)

125 (37.4%)

 Role in the family

  Head

156 (46.7%)

8 (2.40%)

< 0.001*

  Not Head but take part in decision

171 (51.2%)

251 (75.1%)

  Does not take decision, only follower

7 (2.10%)

75 (22.5%)

 First Marriage

  Yes

305 (91.3%)

321 (96.1%)

0.011*

  No

29 (8.70%)

13 (3.90%)

B. Socioeconomic

 Working

  Yes

326 (97.6%)

52 (15.6%)

< 0.001*

  No

8 (2.40%)

282 (84.4%)

 Spouse employed

  Yes

50 (15.0%)

330 (98.8%)

< 0.001*

  No

284 (85.0%)

4 (1.20%)

 Total household income (in PKR)

 Median (IQR)

50,000 (30000–90,000)

35,000 (20000–50,000)

< 0.001*

 Total Monthly income (in PKR)

  1000–25,000

61 (18.4%)

84 (25.3%)

< 0.001*

  25,000–40,000

58 (17.5%)

86 (25.9%)

  40,000–80,000

106 (32.0%)

103 (31.0%)

  80,000–10,000,000

106 (32.0%)

59 (17.8%)

 Total

331

332

 

 C. Social/Religious Network

 No of meet up with friends/week

  < 1 times /week

195 (58.4%)

265 (79.3%)

< 0.001*

  1–5 times/ week

133 (39.8%)

49 (14.7%)

  ≥ 5 times/week

6 (12.3%)

6 (3.40%)

 Religious activities

  Yes

310 (92.8%)

331 (99.1%)

< 0.001*

  No

24 (7.20%)

3 (0.90%)

  1. *significant at p value< 0.05 by t test/chisquare/fisher exact test