Table 5. Correlation between MRS score and population characteristics and menopausal status (n=200)

Characteristics	Frequency (%)	MRS-VN score	p values
Age**			p < 0.001
50-55	129 (64.5)	9 (5 – 13)
>55-59	71 (35.5)	16 (11 – 21)
Religion*			p = 0.684
No religion	146 (73.0)	11 (5 – 17)
Buddhist	47 (23.5)	10 (7 – 19)
Christian	7 (3.5)	11 (6 – 15)
Occupation*			p = 0.069
Housewife	137 (68.5)	10 (7 – 17)
Small business owner	36 (18.0)	11 (5 – 18.5)
Factory worker	22 (11.0)	13 (9 – 16)
Office worker	3 (1.5)	2 (1.0)
Farmer	1 (0 – 2)	11.5 (11 – 12)
Level of education***
Able to read and write	6 (3.0)	22 (19 – 24)	p < 0.001r = -0.68
Primary school	38 (19.0)	18 (14 – 21)
Junior high school	103 (51.5)	10 (9 – 15)
Senior high school	42 (21.0)	4 (2 – 7)
Higher education	11 (5.5)	2 (0 – 3)
Marital status**			p = 0.625
Married	193 (96.5)	11 (7 – 15)
Single/Divorced/widow	7 (3.5)	11 (6 – 17)
Socio-economic status***			p = 0.535r = -0.04
Very-low income	1 (0.5)	17 (17 – 17)
Low to middle income	197 (98.5)	11 (6 – 17)
High income	2 (1.0)	10.5 (7 – 14)
Menopausal status***
Pre-menopause	58 (29.0)	7 (3 – 9)	p < 0.001*r = 0.59
Menopause	42 (21.0)	10 (7 – 14)
Post-menopause	100 (50.0)	15 (11 – 21)

Kruskal Wallis;
Mann – Whitney;
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient