Table 2 Relation between the study subjects overall QOL levels and their socio-demographic characteristics
Demographic data | Overall QOL | MCP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Fair | Good | |||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
Age in years | |||||||
21– | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.046* |
30– | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | |
40– | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 70.6 | 5 | 29.4 | |
50–60 | 22 | 37.9 | 28 | 48.3 | 8 | 13.8 | |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 15 | 27.3 | 28 | 50.9 | 12 | 21.8 | 0.562 |
Female | 7 | 28.0 | 15 | 60.0 | 3 | 12.0 | |
Marital status | |||||||
Single | 1 | 16.7 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.188 |
Married | 14 | 25.0 | 28 | 50.0 | 14 | 25.0 | |
Widowed | 6 | 50.0 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Divorced | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Employment status | |||||||
Employed | 2 | 8.0 | 16 | 64.0 | 7 | 28.0 | 0.025* |
Unemployed | 20 | 36.4 | 27 | 49.1 | 8 | 14.5 | |
Occupation | |||||||
Manual work | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.014* |
Clerk work | 1 | 6.7 | 7 | 46.7 | 7 | 46.7 | |
Technical work | 13 | 39.4 | 15 | 45.5 | 5 | 15.2 | |
Housewife | 5 | 31.3 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Without work | 3 | 25.0 | 8 | 66.7 | 1 | 8.3 | |
Educational level | |||||||
Illiterate | 9 | 56.3 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.074 |
Read and write | 6 | 31.6 | 8 | 42.1 | 5 | 26.3 | |
Primary school | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Preparatory school | 2 | 20.0 | 7 | 70.0 | 1 | 10.0 | |
Secondary school | 2 | 12.5 | 10 | 62.5 | 4 | 25.0 | |
University education | 2 | 14.3 | 7 | 50.0 | 5 | 35.7 | |
Area of residence | |||||||
Rural | 7 | 29.2 | 10 | 41.7 | 7 | 29.2 | 0.229 |
Urban | 15 | 26.8 | 33 | 58.9 | 8 | 14.3 | |
Monthly income | |||||||
Enough | 4 | 12.1 | 20 | 60.6 | 9 | 27.3 | 0.022* |
Less than enough | 16 | 41.0 | 20 | 51.3 | 3 | 7.7 | |
Not enough | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 | |