Table 3 The association of anxiety with demographic and social factors
Abnormal anxiety (n1= 115) | Normal (n2= 292) | χ2 p value | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 65 | 214 | 0.01 | 1 2.14 (1.36–3.36) | 1 2.0 (1.28–3.22) |
Female | 50 | 77 | ||||
Marital status | Married | 65 | 180 | 0.342 | 1 1.24 (0.80–1.91) | - |
Not married | 50 | 112 | ||||
Physical illness | No | 68 | 209 | 0.026 | 1 1.67 (1.06–2.64) | 1 1.56 (0.97–2.48) |
Yes | 44 | 81 | ||||
Job | Not employed | 65 | 180 | 0.385 | 1 1.38 (0.86–2.24) | - |
Employed | 38 | 76 | ||||
Income | <5000 | 24 | 40 | 0.221 | 1 0.65 (0.35–1.21) 0.50 (0.22–1.14) 0.49 (0.23–1.05) | - |
5000–20000 | 42 | 107 | ||||
20000–35000 | 12 | 40 | ||||
> 35000 | 16 | 54 | ||||
Age | ≤ 40 | 84 | 224 | 0.675 | 1 1.12 (0.66–1.89) | - |
> 40 | 26 | 62 | ||||
Psychiatric disorder | None | 88 | 251 | 0.048 | 1 1.176 (1.0–3.1) | - |
Present | 24 | 39 | ||||
Parent(s) | Alive | 98 | 251 | 0.844 | 1 1.06 (0.56–2.03) | - |
Both dead | 15 | 36 | ||||
Education | Illiterate | 8 | 9 | 0.063 | 1 0.72 (0.24–2.22) 0.55 (0.19–0.62) 0.35 (0.13–0.93) | - |
Matric | 18 | 28 | ||||
Intermediate | 23 | 47 | ||||
Graduate/postgraduate | 62 | 202 |