Table 1 Socio-demographic data among bipolar disorder cases and healthy ones
Whole group | Group | Test of significance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy | Bipolar | |||||
Mean ± SD N (%) | Mean ± SD N (%) | Value | p value | Sig. | ||
Age | 38.21 ± 10.5 | 38.42 ± 10.59 | t = − 0.102 | 0.919 | NS | |
Sex | Male | 27 (50.94%) | 36 (72%) | χ2 = 4.802 | 0.028 | S |
Female | 26 (49.06%) | 14 (28%) | ||||
Marital state | Single | 7 (13.21%) | 12 (24%) | Fisher’s exact test | 0.024 | S |
Married | 41 (77.36%) | 30 (60%) | ||||
Divorced | 1 (1.89%) | 7 (14%) | ||||
Widowed | 4 (7.55%) | 1 (2%) | ||||
Education | Illiterate | 2 (3.77%) | 5 (10%) | Fisher’s exact test | < 0.001 | S |
Basic education | 9 (16.98%) | 27 (54%) | ||||
Secondary education | 18 (33.96%) | 13 (26%) | ||||
Higher education | 24 (45.28%) | 5 (10%) | ||||
Current residency | Rural | 38 (71.7%) | 37 (74%) | χ2 = 0.069 | 0.793 | NS |
Urban | 15 (28.3%) | 13 (26%) | ||||
Employment state | Not working | 11 (20.75%) | 23 (46%) | χ2 = 30.424 | < 0.001 | S |
Worker | 4 (7.55%) | 15 (30%) | ||||
Skilled | 8 (15.09%) | 8 (16%) | ||||
Employee | 30 (56.6%) | 4 (8%) | ||||
Socioeconomic state | Low | 8 (15.09%) | 16 (32%) | χ2 = 4.114 | 0.043 | S |
Moderate | 45 (84.91%) | 34 (68%) | ||||
Medical comorbidities | No | 40 (75.47%) | 43 (86%) | χ2 = 1.823 | 0.177 | NS |
Yes | 13 (24.53%) | 7 (14%) | ||||