Table 6 Association between caregiver economic hardship and caregiver’s characteristics:
Item | Category | Economic hardship Score | test statistic | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
count | Mean | SD | ||||
Gender | Male | 65 | 36.1 | 5.1 | 0.5253** | 0.6002 |
Female | 78 | 35.6 | 6.1 | |||
Marital status | Single | 42 | 37.6 | 5.6 | 0.7637* | 0.001 |
Married | 99 | 35.8 | 5.4 | |||
Divorced | 1 | 31.0 | 5.1 | |||
Widowed | 10 | 29.9 | 4.0 | |||
Educational level | Illiterate | 29 | 33.0 | 6.2 | 5.8258* | 0.006 |
Khalwa | 11 | 33.4 | 2.5 | |||
Primary | 30 | 36.0 | 5.6 | |||
Secondary | 42 | 36.6 | 5.3 | |||
University | 7 | 39.9 | 4.2 | |||
Postgraduate | 24 | 37.5 | 5.6 | |||
Occupation | Officer | 18 | 37.4 | 4.3 | 2.8537* | 0.019 |
Farmer | 12 | 32.5 | 6.5 | |||
Merchant | 13 | 38.9 | 6.7 | |||
Free worker | 44 | 34.6 | 5.0 | |||
Household | 47 | 36.4 | 5.5 | |||
Student | 3 | 39.3 | 4.7 | |||
Caregiver monthly gross income | 0–450 | 50 | 36.6 | 5.5 | 4.6624* | 0.001 |
451–1500 | 40 | 33.8 | 4.9 | |||
1501–3000 | 30 | 34.2 | 5.3 | |||
3001–5000 | 13 | 39.5 | 5.9 | |||
5001–10,000 | 7 | 39.6 | 6.2 | |||
> 10,000 | 3 | 42.0 | 2.7 | |||
household monthly gross income | 0–450 | 9 | 34.1 | 5.3 | 5.6993* | < 0.001 |
451–1500 | 29 | 32.9 | 4.0 | |||
1501–3000 | 36 | 34.8 | 5.7 | |||
3001–5000 | 27 | 36.5 | 5.8 | |||
5001–10,000 | 30 | 37.7 | 5.1 | |||
> 10,000 | 12 | 41.2 | 5.2 | |||