Research Article
Biopsychosocial Profile of COVID-19 Patients Cared for in Public and Private Health Facilities in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Table 1
Sociodemographic profile of the participants.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) |
| Age (in years) | 18-30 | 72 (15.1) | 31-50 | 209 (43.8) | 51-80 | 196 (41.1) |
| Sex | Male | 242 (50.7) | Female | 235 (49.3) |
| Marital status | Single | 15 (3.1) | Married | 375 (78.6) | Divorced | 3 (0.60) | Widow | 84 (17.6) |
| Residence | Urban | 301 (63.1) | Rural | 176 (36.9) |
| Educational status | No formal education | 358 (75.1) | Basic | 47 (9.9) | Secondary | 19 (4.0) | High school graduate | 23 (4.8) | Higher education | 22 (4.6) | Professional/religious | 8 (1.7) |
| Employment | Government | 17 (3.6) | Private | 121 (25.4) | Both | 10 (2.1) | Housewife | 128 (26.8) | Self-employed | 123 (25.8) | Unemployed | 78 (16.4) |
| Pregnancy () | Yes | 18 (7.3) | No | 217 (92.7) |
| Monthly income (Afghanis, ) | 5000-10000 | 120 (49.2) | >10000 | 124 (50.8) |
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