Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants.

From: Associations between fears related to safety during sleep and self-reported sleep in men and women living in a low-socioeconomic status setting

 

Women (n = 234)

Men (n = 177)

p value

Age (y)

34 (29–42)

36 (31–42)

0.191

BMI (kg m−2)

32.71 (26.70–38.21)

21.44 (19.39–24.22)

< 0.001

Chronic disease (count, %)

60 (25.6)

37 (20.8)

0.251

Employed (count, %)

69 (29.6)

94 (53.4)

< 0.001

Highest degree of formal education (count, %)

0.239

 None

2 (0.9)

3 (1.7)

 Primary

142 (60.9)

110 (62.5)

 Secondary

75 (32.2)

47 (26.6)

 Tertiary

14 (6.0)

16 (9.0)

Household density (people per house)

5 (3–6)

4 (2–5)

0.002

Presence of young children (count, %)

187 (79.4)

88 (50.0)

< 0.001

 Under 2 years old

57 (24.5)*

20 (11.4)*

 Between 3 and 15 years old

171 (73.4)*

83 (47.2)*

Smoking (count, %)

 < 0.001

 Non-smoker

187 (79.9)*

38 (21.9)*

 Smoker

42 (18.0)*

128 (71.9)*

 Ex-smoker

5 (2.1)*

11 (6.2)*

Alcohol consumption (standard drinks per week)

0 (0–7)

16 (0–36)

< 0.001

  1. BMI body mass index. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or count (percentage). P values were determined using Mann–Whitney U and Chi-squared tests. *indicate posthoc differences. Significant values are in bold.
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