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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristic of the study participants by gender in the Narail district of Bangladesh

From: Psychometric evaluation of the modified 19-item Bengali version of WHOQOL scale using Rasch analysis: a cross-sectional study of a rural district in Bangladesh

Characteristic

Total, N = 300

Female, N = 150

Male, N = 150

P value *

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

 

Age group

 Adult (18–59 years)

150 (50)

75 (50)

75 (50)

 

 Elderly (60–85 years)

150 (50)

75 (50)

75 (50)

 

Level of education, number of years schooling

 No education

135 (45)

80 (53)

55 (37)

0.004

 Primary (1–5)

80 (27)

36 (24)

44 (29)

 

 Secondary (6–9)

64 (21)

31 (21)

33 (22)

 

 SSC or HSC Pass (10–12)

17 (6)

3 (2)

14 (9)

 

 Degree or equivalent (13–16)

4 (1)

0

4 (3)

 

Socio-economic condition

 Insufficient funds most of the time

97 (32)

62 (41)

35 (23)

0.808

 Insufficient funds some of the time

124 (41)

50 (33)

74 (49)

 

 Balance

76 (25)

37 (25)

39 (26)

 

 Sufficient funds most of the time

3 (1)

1 (1)

2 (1)

 
  1. Level of education: no education (: did not have any formal education), primary (1 to 5 years of schooling),; Secondary: (6 to 9 years of schooling); SSC (Secondary School Certificate) (complete 10 years of schooling through a national level of examination); HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) (complete 12 years of schooling); Degree or Equivalent: Hons or Master’s complete 16 years of schooling) *pairwise comparison tested between the education level and socioeconomic status by gender.