Table 5 Perceived Stress Level by General Characteristics
Characteristics | Level of Perceived Stress | χ2 | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4* | ||||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
Gender | Female | 183(29.2) | 131(20.9) | 169(27.0) | 144(23.0) | 2.18 | 0.54 |
Male | 24(35.8) | 15(22.4) | 17(25.4) | 11(16.4) | |||
Age | < 20 | 91(33.3) | 57(21.0) | 69(25.5) | 54(19.9) | 6.05 | 0.42 |
20-24 | 96(27.0) | 71(20.0) | 101(28.5) | 87(24.5) | |||
25 ≦ | 18(29.0) | 17(27.4) | 14(22.6) | 13(21.0) | |||
Year of study | 1st | 100(33.1) | 67(22.2) | 75(24.8) | 60(19.9) | 6.37 | 0.38 |
2nd | 67(27.2) | 47(19.1) | 67(27.2) | 65(26.4) | |||
3rd | 41(28.3) | 32(22.1) | 43(29.7) | 29(20.0) | |||
Religion | Yes | 101(29.1) | 67(19.3) | 95(27.4) | 84(24.2) | 2.27 | 0.52 |
No | 107(30.5) | 80(22.8) | 92(26.2) | 72(20.5) | |||
Time staying in school | < 9 hrs | 73(32.9) | 42(18.9) | 51(23.0) | 56(25.2) | 4.94 | 0.55 |
9-12 hrs | 89(27.7) | 71(22.1) | 94(29.3) | 67(20.9) | |||
13 hrs ≦ | 45(30.4) | 31(20.9) | 40(27.0) | 32(21.6) | |||
Living with parent | Yes | 80(28.2) | 69(24.3) | 73(25.7) | 62(21.8) | 3.35 | 0.34 |
No | 128(30.9) | 77(18.6) | 114(27.5) | 95(22.9) | |||
Smoking | Yes | 8(30.8) | 4(15.4) | 7(26.9) | 7(26.9) | 0.66 | 0.88 |
No | 200(29.7) | 143(21.2) | 180(26.7) | 150(22.3) | |||
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 136(30.4) | 104(23.3) | 115(25.7) | 92(20.6) | 4.93 | 0.18 |
No | 72(29.3) | 42(17.1) | 70(28.5) | 62(25.2) | |||
Subjective health status | Good | 129(41.0) | 70(22.2) | 78(24.8) | 38(12.1) | 76.92 | < 0.001 |
Fair | 77(22.8) | 67(19.9) | 100(29.7) | 93(27.6) | |||
Poor | 1(2.2) | 9(20.0) | 9(20.0) | 26(57.8) | |||
BMI | Underweight (BMI < 18.5) | 35(30.4) | 24(20.9) | 28(24.3) | 28(24.3) | 6.36 | 0.70 |
Normal weight (18.5 ≦BMI < 23.0) | 151(30.9) | 101(20.7) | 129(26.4) | 108(22.1) | |||
Overweight (23.0 ≦BMI < 25) | 14(28.6) | 15(30.6) | 13(26.5) | 7(14.3) | |||
Obesity (25 ≦BMI) | 3(17.6) | 3(17.6) | 5(29.4) | 6(35.3) | |||