Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics by headache occurrence
From: Relationship between insomnia and headache in community-based middle-aged Hong Kong Chinese women
Variables | Total (N = 310) | HK women aged 40–60 years (N = 1,179,236)a | With headache (N = 96) | Without headache (N = 214) | Chi square/t valueb | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in year, mean (SD, range) | 49.0 (5.5, 40–60) | 48.3 | 49.3 (5.5, 40–60) | 48.9 (5.5, 40–60) | 0.70 | 0.49 |
Ninth grade education or above (N, %) (N = 284)c | 140 (49.3) | 710,468 (60.2) | 42 (48.3) | 98 (49.7) | 0.05 | 0.90 |
Martial status (N, %) (N = 307)c | 0.50 | 0.77 | ||||
Married/cohabitating | 270 (87.9) | 899,613 (76.3) | 86 (89.6) | 184 (87.2) | ||
Never married | 17 (5.5) | 134,525 (11.4) | 4 (4.2) | 13 (6.2) | ||
Divorced/widowed | 20 (6.5) | 145,098 (12.3) | 6 (6.3) | 14 (6.6) | ||
Occupation (N, %) (N = 302)c | 1.10 | 0.89 | ||||
Professional and associate professional | 22 (7.3) | 155,823 (13.2) | 7 (7.5) | 15 (7.2) | ||
Skilled and semi-skilled worker | 45 (14.9) | 276,241 (23.4) | 11 (11.8) | 34 (16.3) | ||
Unskilled worker | 21 (7.0) | 199,009 (16.9) | 6 (6.5) | 15 (7.2) | ||
Retired | 12 (5.3) | 72,860 (6.2) | 5 (5.4) | 11 (5.3) | ||
Unemployed/housework | 198 (65.6) | 475,303 (40.3) | 64 (68.8) | 134 (64.1) | ||
Monthly family income in HK$ (N, %) (N = 294)c | 0.00 | 1.00 | ||||
<15,000 | 122 (41.5) | 1,044,131 (40.5)d | 38 (41.3) | 84 (41.6) | ||
≥15,000 | 172 (58.5) | 1,532,009 (59.5) | 54 (58.7) | 118 (58.4) |