Psychometric Validation of the Persian Version of Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC-C) for Menopausal Women

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the menopausal women (n = 271).

Characteristics	Categories	N	%
Marital status	Single	10	3.7
	Married	216	79.7
	Separated/divorced/widow	45	16.6
Education	High school grade (diploma) or less	214	79.0
	Academic education	57	21.0
Job	Homemaker	198	73.1
	Employed/retired	73	26.9
Religion	Muslim	265	97.8
	Other	6	2.2
Family income adequacy for living expenses	Less than monthly expenses	147	54.2
	Equal to monthly expenses	91	33.6
	More than monthly expenses	33	12.2
Living arrangement	Living alone	17	6.3
	With husband and children	182	67.2
	With husband/children	61	22.5
	With parent/siblings/relatives	11	4.0
Housing situation	Personal house	225	83.0
	Rental/relatives house	46	17.60