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Table 1 Sociodemographic and environmental characteristics of the subjects.

From: Quality of Life in rural and urban populations in Lebanon using SF-36 Health Survey

Variables

Total n (%)

Urban n (%)

Rural n (%)

P-value

N (%)

524 (100)

173 (33)

351 (67)

 

   Age (years):

   

0.615

   14–19

82 (15.6)

30 (17.3)

52 (14.8)

 

   20–39

208 (39.7)

66 (38.2)

142 (40.5)

 

   40–60

156 (29.8)

55 (31.8)

101 (28.8)

 

   60 and plus

78 (14.9)

22 (12.7)

56 (16.0)

 

Gender

   

0.79

   Male

201 (38.4)

65 (37.6)

136 (38.7)

 

   Female

323 (61.6)

108 (62.4)

215 (61.3)

 

Education (level)

   

0.057

   Illiterate

71 (13.5)

14 (8.1)

57 (16.2)

 

   Elementary level and lower

180 (34.4)

59 (34.1)

121 (34.5)

 

   Intermediate and secondary

217 (41.4)

78 (45.1)

139 (39.6)

 

   University and higher level

56 (10.7)

22 (12.7)

34 (9.7)

 

Marital status

   

0.57

   Single

185 (35)

64 (37)

121 (34.5)

 

   Married & get engaged

300 (57.3)

94 (54.3)

206 (58.7)

 

   Divorced/separated/widowed

39 (7.4)

15 (8.7)

24 (6.8)

 

Work status

   

0.40

   Employed

243 (46.4)

79 (45.7)

164 (46.7)

 

   Students

75 (14.3)

28 (16.2)

47 (13.4)

 

   Housewife

169 (32.3)

58 (33.3)

111 (31.6)

 

   Not workinga

37 (7.1)

8 (4.6)

29 (8.3)

 

Social security

    

   No

285 (54.4)

88 (50.9)

197 (56.1)

0.26

   Yes:

    

National Social Security Fund (NSSF)

113 (21.6)

42 (24.3)

71 (20.3)

 

Civil Servants Cooperative (CSC) and Army and Internal Security Forces (ISF)

96 (18.4) b

30 (17.4)

66 (18.8)

 

Private Insurance and others

30 (5.7)

13 (7.5)

17 (4.8)

 

Religious culture

   

0.068

   Muslim

435 (83)

151 (87.3)

284 (80.9)

 

   Christian

89 (17)

22 (12.7)

67 (19.1)

 

Financial status

   

0.42

   Very poor & poor

139 (26.5)

46 (26.6)

93 (26.5)

 

   Intermediate

286 (54.6)

89 (51.4)

197 (56.1)

 

   Good & very good

99 (18.9)

38 (22.0)

61 (17.4)

 

Serious event

   

0.47

   No

267 (51)

92 (53.2)

175 (49.9)

 

   Yes

257 (49)

81 (46.8)

176 (50.1)

 

Satisfaction with work

   

0.39

   No

55 (10.5)

22 (12.7)

33 (9.4)

 

   Yes

188 (35.9)

57 (32.9)

131 (37.3)

 

   Not Applicable

281 (53.6)

94 (54.3)

187 (53.3)

 

Global Quality of life Assessment

   

0.046

   Very poor, poor

73 (13.9)

25 (14.5)

48 (13.7)

 

   Fair

205 (39.1)

55 (31.8)

150 (42.7)

 

   Good, very good

246 (46.9)

93 (53.8)

153 (43.6)

 
  1. Abbreviations and Notes: N = sample size, a: Not working = unemployed, retired, persons of independent means, elderly. NSSF: National Social Security Fund, CSC: Civil Servants Cooperative, ISF: Internal Security Forces, b: CSC = 47 (9%), army and ISF = 49 (9.4%); Among all those covered by social security, 7 (1.4%) people [3 (1.8%) in urban and 4 (1.2%) in rural areas] had additional health coverage.