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Table 2 Differences in psychological distress to sociodemographic variables

From: Body image perception and social support as predictors of psychological distress among third trimester pregnant women in Nigeria

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n/%

t/f test (p)

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Variables

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Age

15ā€“24

46(18.7)

2.34(0.782)

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25ā€“34

151(61.4)

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35ā€“44

39(15.9)

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ā‰„ā€‰45

10(4.0)

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Monthly income

<ā€‰50,000

21(8.5)

1.45(0.663)

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51,000-100,000

107(43.5)

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101,000-150,000

95(38.6)

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ā‰„ā€‰151,000

23(9.3)

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Religion

Christian

150 (61)

4.22(0.003)

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Muslim

96(39)

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Marital Status

Single

31(12.6)

5.39(0.043)

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Married

215(87.4)

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Level of Education

No formal education

10(4marital status, and religion.1)

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Primary

5(2.0)

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Secondary

142(57.7)

3.89(0.026)

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Tertiary

89(36.2)

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Occupation

Self-employed

173(70.3)

8.35(0.002)

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Employed

70(28.5)

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Retired

3(1.2)

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Family type

Nuclear family

178(72.4)

11.78(0.04)

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Extended family

68(27.6)

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Ethnicity

Hausa

11(4.5)

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Yoruba

193(78.5)

5.88(0.85)

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Igbo

30(12.2)

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Others

12(4.9)

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