Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics among participants (n = 433)

Age (Years)

Education

 ≤ 50

25(5.8)

Illiterate

87 (20.1)

51–55

245(56.06)

Primary school

154 (35.6)

 ≥ 56

163(37.6)

Secondary school

74 (17.1)

Mean (SD)

54.5 (2.2)

High school

36 (8.3)

Parity

Diploma

55 (12.7)

 ≤ 2

149(34.4)

University

27 (6.2)

3

144 (33.3)

Job

 ≥ 4

69 (15.9)

Homemaker

381 (88.00)

Menopause age

Employed

52 (12.0)

 ≤ 40

42 (9.7)

Home

46–50

238 (55.0)

Personal

407(94.0)

 ≥ 51

153 (35.3)

Rental

26(6.0)

Mean (SD)

49.6 (2.5)

Income

Menopause duration

Completely sufficient

32 (7.4)

 ≤ 3

158 (36.5)

Relatively sufficient

270 (62.4)

4–7

192 (44.3)

Insufficient

131 (30.3)

 ≥ 8

83 (19.2)

Doing exercise

Mean (SD)

4.8 (2.8)

No

269 (62.1)

Hormone replacement therapy

Yes

164 (37.9)

No

425 (98.2)

Yes

8 (1.8)