Variables | Modality | First consultant N | χ2 test | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional | Modern | ||||
Education level of the patients’ parents | The two illiterates | 25 | 20 | 2.346 | 0.310 |
One of the two educated | 9 | 7 | |||
The two educated | 13 | 21 | |||
Age distribution | 0–15 | 2 | 12 | 9.62 | 0.047 |
16–30 | 28 | 22 | |||
31–45 | 17 | 10 | |||
46–60 | 7 | 6 | |||
> 60 | 3 | 3 | |||
Occupation of patients | Unemployed patients | 24 | 16 | 16.155 | 0.006 |
Students | 3 | 15 | |||
Housewives | 13 | 8 | |||
Officials and liberal professions | 3 | 8 | |||
Workers or Executing Agents | 12 | 5 | |||
Retired | 2 | 1 |