Association of Perceived Stress with Stressful Life Events, Lifestyle and Sociodemographic Factors: A Large-Scale Community-Based Study Using Logistic Quantile Regression
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of study's participants and mean (±SD) of perceived stress in each level of predictor variables.
Variables
Mean ± SD
value
Family conflict
0.225
0.29 ± 0.53
<0.0001
Financial problem
0.211
1.67 ± 1.36
<0.0001
Social problem
0.222
1.06 ± 1.21
<0.0001
Job insecurity
0.165
1.09 ± 0.89
<0.0001
Global dietary index (GDI)
0.077
0.82 ± 0.30
<0.0001
Total daily physical activities
−0.086
808.6 ± 621.7
<0.0001
Categories
Number (percent)
Mean ± SD
value**
Age (years)
19–29
1544 (33.7%)
3.41 ± 2.32
0.026
30–50
2018 (44.1%)
3.33 ± 2.20
>50
1016 (22.2%)
3.57 ± 2.34
Job
Housewife
2005 (43.7%)
3.40 ± 2.27
<0.0001
Manual
969 (21.1%)
3.20 ± 2.17
Nonmanual
860 (18.8%)
2.86 ± 1.94
Retired or jobless
694 (15. 1%)
3.76 ± 2.39
Place of residence
Urban
3774 (82.3%)
3.41 ± 2.27
0.965
Rural
809 (17.7%)
3.41 ± 2.20
Marital status
Married
3563 (77.7%)
3.39 ± 2.25
0.235
Single
1014 (22.1%)
3.49 ± 2.36
Sex
Female
2339 (51%)
3.72 ± 2.37
<0.0001
Male
2244 (49%)
3.09 ± 2.13
Income
<100$
669 (14.6%)
3.17 ± 2.53
<0.0001
100–300
2585 (56.4%)
3.41 ± 2.27
300–500
946 (20.6%)
3.02 ± 2.00
>500
362 (7.9%)
2.95 ± 2.08
Education (years)
Illiterate
559 (12.2%)
4.22 ± 2.75
<0.0001
1–8
1837 (40.1%)
3.48 ± 2.24
9–12
1358 (29.6%)
3.26 ± 2.20
>12
813 (17.7%)
3.04 ± 2.07
Smoking
Current and passive smoker
843 (18.6%)
3.45 ± 2.33
0.547
Nonsmoker
3731 (81.4%)
3.40 ± 2.26
*
r: Pearsons correlation coefficient.
**Based on two independent samples t-test or one-way ANOVA.
