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Table 1 The relationship between ethnic origin and demographic variables

From: Health literacy, health perception and related factors among different ethnic groups: a cross-sectional study in southeastern Turkey

Characteristics

Turkish

origin

n (%)

Kurdish origin

n (%)

Assyrian origin n (%)

Arab origin

n (%)

Total

n (%)

χ2

p

Age

 18–29

72 (32.6)

41 (18.6)

20 (9.0)

88 (39.8)

221 (100.0)

102.43

 30–39

44 (20.6)

72 (33.6)

58 (27.1)

40 (18.7)

214 (100.0)

0.000

 40–49

28 (18.7)

27 (23.7)

44 (38.6)

15 (13.2)

114 (100.0)

 

 50–65

6 (11.8)

10 (19.6)

28 (54.9)

7 (13.7)

51 (100.0)

 

Gender

 Female

57 (23.1)

58 (23.5)

68 (7.5)

64 (25.9)

247 (100.0)

2.22

 Male

93 (26.3)

92 (26.1)

82 (23.2)

86 (24.4)

353 (100.0)

.527

Marital status

 Married

84 (22.2)

99 (26.1)

112 (29.6)

84 (22.2)

379 (100.0)

15.66

 Single

66 (29.9)

51 (23.1)

38 (17.2)

66 (29.9)

221 (100.0)

0.001

Family type

 Nuclear

48 (23.5)

37 (18.1)

94 (46.1)

25 (12.3)

204 (100.0)

81.105

 Extended

102 (25.8)

113 (28.5)

56 (14.1)

125 (31.6)

396 (100.0)

0.000

Educational status

 Primary school

31 (13.5)

52 (22.7)

99 (43.2)

47 (20.5)

229 (100.0)

 

 High School

80 (32.0)

62 (24.8)

35 (14.0)

73 (29.2)

250 (100.0)

73.90

 University or higher

39 (32.2)

36 (29.8)

16 (13.2)

30 (24.8)

121 (100.0)

0.000

Economic status

 Fairly high

22 (47.8)

21 (45.7)

3 (6.5)

0 (0.0)

46 (100.0)

82.062

 High

84 (23.7)

75 (21.1)

119 (33.5)

77 (21.7)

355 (100.0)

0.000

 Moderate

44 (23.3)

50 (26.5)

23 (12.2)

72 (38.1)

189 (100.0)

 

 Poor

0 (0.0)

44 (0.0)

5 (50.0)

1 (10.0)

10 (100.0)

 

Occupation

 Housewife

20 (16.4)

25 (20.5)

48 (39.3)

29 (23.8)

122 (100.0)

 

 Laborer

26 (22.4)

35 (30.2)

12 (10.3)

43 (37.1)

116 (100.0)

 

 Retired

3 (20.0)

3 (20.0)

4 (26.7)

5 (33.3)

15 (100.0)

139.714

 Student

37 (45.1)

7 (8.5)

4 (4.9)

34 (41.5)

82 (100.0)

0.000

 Civil servant

33 (35.1)

39 (41.5)

8 (8.5)

14 (14.9)

94 (100.0)

 

 Tradesman

31 (18.1)

41 (24.1)

74 (43.3)

25 (14.6)

171 (100.0)