Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants in baseline and those who participated and lost in follow-up
Baseline | Follow-up | Lost to follow | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 791 | N = 543 | N = 248 | |||||
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | P* | ||||
Gender | 0.37 | ||||||
Male | 398 | (50.3) | 279 | (51.4) | 119 | (48) | |
Female | 393 | (49.7) | 264 | (48.6) | 129 | (52) | |
Total | 791 | (100) | 543 | (100) | 248 | (100) | |
Age group | 0.38 | ||||||
18-24 | 216 | (27.3) | 143 | (26.3) | 73 | (29.4) | |
25-34 | 257 | (32.5) | 178 | (32.8) | 79 | (31.9) | |
35-44 | 192 | (24.3) | 128 | (23.6) | 64 | (25.8) | |
> 45 | 126 | (15.9) | 94 | (17.3) | 32 | (12.9) | |
Total | 791 | (100) | 543 | (100) | 248 | (100) | |
Education | 0.62 | ||||||
Illiterate/Elementary1 | 126 | (16.0) | 91 | (16.8) | 35 | (14.1) | |
High school | 336 | (42.6) | 229 | (42.3) | 107 | (43.1) | |
University | 327 | (41.4) | 221 | (40.9) | 106 | (42.8) | |
Total | 789 | (100) | 541 | (100) | 248 | (100) | |
Marital status | 0.16 | ||||||
Married | 276 | (35.2) | 183 | (34.1) | 93 | (38) | |
Single | 507 | (64.8) | 355 | (65.9) | 152 | (62) | |
Total | 783 | (100) | 538 | (100) | 245 | (100) | |
Employment | 0.86 | ||||||
Employed | 384 | (48.9) | 270 | (50.3) | 114 | (46) | |
Unemployed | 62 | (7.9) | 41 | (7.6) | 21 | (8.5) | |
Student | 99 | (12.6) | 64 | (11.9) | 35 | (14.1) | |
Housewife | 224 | (28.5) | 152 | (28.3) | 72 | (29) | |
Other | 16 | (2.1) | 10 | (1.9) | 6 | (2.4) | |
Total | 785 | (100) | 537 | (100) | 248 | (100) | |
Economic status 2 | 0.11 | ||||||
Low | 227 | (33.4) | 164 | (34.7) | 63 | (30.2) | |
Moderate | 223 | (32.8) | 143 | (30.3) | 80 | (38.5) | |
High | 230 | (33.8) | 165 | (35.0) | 65 | (31.3) | |
Total | 680 | (100) | 472 | (100) | 208 | (100) | |