Variable

No anxiety group

(No./%) (N = 388)

Anxiety group

(No./%) (N = 12)

Χ²/t

D.F

P

Age group in years

18 - 40

41 - 60

Mean (S.D)

349 (97.7%)

41 (91.1%)

28.74 (9.06)

8 (2.3%)

4 (8.9%)

35.50 (13.12)

T = −1.592

11.267

0.139

Gender

Male

Female

258 (97.0)

130 (97.0)

8 (3.0)

4 (3.0)

Χ² = 0.00

1

0.630

Occupation by Social Class

Unemployed/Social classV

Others

153 (96.2)

235 (97.5)

6 (3.8)

6 (2.5)

Χ² = 0.543

1

0.553

Marital Status

Married

Others

168 (96.6)

220 (97.3)

6 (3.4)

6 (2.7)

Χ² = 0.213

1

0.645

Educational Status

Western Education

Nil/Islamic

147 (98.0)

241 (96.4)

3 (2.0)

9 (3.6)

Χ² = 0.825

1

0.547

Ethnicity

Hausa

Others

341 (96.6)

47 (100.0)

12 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

Χ² = 1.647

1

0.218

Religion

Islam

Christianity

382 (97.0)

6 (100.0)

12 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

Χ² = 0.188

1

0.664