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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics in men with and without reproductive health & urinary complaints

From: Male Reproductive Health: A village based study of camp attenders in rural India

Demographic variable

Any reproductive health complaint

Burning on urination

Frequent and/or difficult urination

 

Yes

n = 60

No

n = 60

p-value

Yes

n = 87

No

n = 33

p-value

Yes

n = 94

No

n = 26

p-value

Age (mean years)

29.8

29.1

0.761†

28.3

29.9

0.498†

31.7

28.8

0.249†

Monthly income (mean rupees)

1447

1411

0.905†

1283

1493

0.528†

1146

1515

0.307†

Education (mean years)

3.3

4.9

0.009†

3.7

4.2

0.476†

3.2

4.3

0.126†

Time away from home (mean days per month)

2.8

1.9

0.330†

2.5

2.3

0.825†

3.6

2.0

0.141†

Marital status: no., (%) married

35 (58%)

34 (57%)

0.853‡

17 (52%)

52 (60%)

0.414‡

16 (62%)

53 (56%)

0.638‡

Condom use: no. (%) using condoms

3 (5%)

5 (8%)

0.717*

3 (5%)

5 (8%)

0.683*

1 (2%)

7 (12%)

1.000*

Sex with prostitute: no. (%) of men

2 (3%)

4 (7%)

0.679*

1 (2%)

5 (8%)

1.000*

0

6 (10%)

0.338*

Good personal hygiene: no. (%) of men**

13 (26%)

11 (19%)

0.492*

10 (32%)

14 (18%)

0.129*

4 (20%)

20 (23%)

1.000*

  1. † p-value for the difference between means using independent samples t-test; ‡ p-value using chi-squared test
  2. * p-value using Fisher's exact test; ** Reporting washing genital areas and changing underwear daily