The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Socio-demographic features of the first group (low stigma score) and the second group (high stigma score)

From: Risk factors and impact of stigma on psychiatric patients in Sohag

	Group I no.262 (45.72%)	Group II no.311 (54.28%)	P value
Age (Mean ± SD)	29 ± 6	24 ± 5

	No	%	No	%
Gender
Male	143	54.58%	144	46.30%	0.048*
Female	119	45.42%	167	53.70%	0.048*
Educational level					0.0001**
Illiterate	13	4.96%	37	11.90%
Less than high school	27	10.31%	53	17.04%
High school	98	37.40%	149	47.91%
College	124	47.33%	72	23.15%
Residency					0.0001**
Rural	91	34.73%	181	58.20%
Urban	171	65.27%	130	41.80%
Marital status					0.0001**
Single	33	12.60%	71	22.83%
Married	137	52.29%	109	35.05%
Divorced	63	24.04%	89	28.62%
Widow	29	11.07%	42	13.50%
Employment					0.0001**
Employed	193	73.66%	173	55.63%
Unemployed	69	26.34%	138	44.37%
Socio-economic status					0.0001**
Low class	113	43.13%	185	59.49%
Middle class	91	34.73%	87	27.97%
High class	58	22.14%	39	12.54%

P value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant (*). P value < 0.001 is considered highly significant (**)

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