| Socio-demographic characteristics | Civilian community N = 108 n (%) | Military community N = 130 n (%) | Total N = 238 n (%) | Statistics X2 | p-value |
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| 15 - 24 | 7 (6.5) | 19 (14.6) | 26 (10.9) |
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| 25 - 34 | 37 (34.3) | 83 (63.8) | 120 (50.4) | 35.53 | 0.000* |
| ³35 | 64 (59.2) | 28 (21.5) | 92 (38.7) |
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| Mean age (±S.D) years | 37.97 ± 10.582 | 30.44 ± 10.753 |
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| Educational status |
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| None | 3 (2.8) | 5 (3.8) | 8 (3.4) | 38.24 | 0.000* |
| Primary | 4 (3.7) | 17 (13.1) | 21 (8.8) |
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| Secondary | 34 (31.5) | 78 (60.0) | 112 (47.1) |
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| Tertiary | 67 (62.0) | 30 (23.1) | 97 (40.8) |
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| Occupation |
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| Professionals & skilled | 77 (71.3) | 14 (5.9) | 91 (39.1) | 91.71 | 0.000* |
| Partially skilled | 13 (12.0) | 55 (20.2) | 68 (28.6) |
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| Unskilled | 18 (16.7) | 61 (25.6) | 79 (35.3) |
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