Research Article
Effectiveness of the Premarital Education Programme in Iran
Table 1
Demographic variables in intervention and control groups.
| | Characteristics | Classic group () | Experimental group () | value |
| | Women’s age (mean ± SE) | | | 0.421 | | Men’s age (mean ± SE) | | | 0.580 | | Duration of knowing each other before marriage (months) | | | 0.991 | | Women’s education | | | | | ≤Elementary | 5 (3.1) | 6 (3.2) | 0.169 | | Secondary | 23 (14.2) | 17 (9.0) | | High school diploma | 61 (37.7) | 84 (44.4) | | College | 73 (45.1) | 82 (43.4) | | Men’s education | | | | | ≤Elementary | 6 (3.7) | 10 (5.3) | 0.366 | | Secondary | 33 (20.4) | 39 (20.7) | | High school diploma | 66 (40.7) | 86 (45.7) | | College | 57 (35.2) | 53 (28.2) | | Perceived income adequacy | | | | | Adequate | 151 (95.2) | 178 (94.2) | 0.708 | | Inadequate | 11 (6.8) | 11 (5.8) | | Consanguineous marriage | | | | | Yes | 50 (30.9) | 63 (33.3) | 0.622 | | No | 112 (69.1) | 126 (66.7) |
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