Variable | Sample size | Mean | Standard deviation | Nature/measure | Definition of variables |
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Have you attended for the premarital screening? | 630 | 0.35 | 0.477 | Nominal | 1=yes,0=no |
Gender | 632 | 0.44 | 0.497 | Nominal | 1=male,0=female |
Age | 631 | 27.90 | 5.387 | Scale | Min=20, max=58 |
Residence | 632 | N/A | N/A | Nominal | 0=else,1=Wuhan,2=Suizhou,3=Zaoyang |
Ethnicity | 632 | 0.97 | 0.162 | Nominal | 1=Han,0=else |
Profession | 633 | N/A | N/A | Nominal | 0=common clerks, 1=leaders, 2=scientists and teachers, 3=farmers |
Education | 633 | 3.20 | 1.199 | Ordinal | 1=junior middle school and below,2=senior middle school,3=junior college,4=college,5=graduate and above |
Monthly income | 633 | 3.08 | 1.107 | Ordinal | 1=below 800 yuan |
2=800-1500 yuan | |||||
3=1500-2500 yuan | |||||
4=2500-5000 yuan | |||||
5=above 5000 yuan | |||||
Awareness of PMS | 633 | 0.93 | 0.257 | Nominal | 1=aware,0=not aware |
Awareness of the free and voluntary mode | 633 | 0.60 | 0.490 | Nominal | 1=aware,0=not aware |
Knowledge level of PMS | 633 | 2.84 | 0.844 | Ordinal | 1=unknown, 2=know a little, 3=know generally,4=know fairly well, 5=know well |
PMS items knowledge score | 621 | 54.61 | 10.686 | Scale | Min=14, max=70 |
Attitude to the necessity of PMS | 630 | 3.65 | 0.644 | Ordinal | 1=not necessary at all,2=unnecessary,3=a little necessity,4=very necessary |
Attitude to the preventive effects of PMS | 631 | 2.54 | 0.533 | Ordinal | 1=makes no difference, 2=general effect, 3=has considerable effect |