Table 1: Demographic characteristics of the respondents.

- Categories F %
City Yasouj 232 41.9
Shiraz 330 58.1
Education Pre-diploma 74 13.3
Diploma 161 28.6
B.A or B.S 236 42.0
M.A or M.S 82 14.6
PhD 9 1.6
Job status Employed 217 38.6
Homemaker 345 61.4
Age-group 18-29 169 30.1
30-39 243 43.2
40-49 111 19.8
50+ 39 6.9
No. years of marriage 0-10 310 55.2
- 11-20 136 24.2
- 21-30 77 13.7
- 31-40 27 4.8
- 41-50 12 2.1
No. children 0 104 18.5
- 1 141 25.1
- 2 121 21.5
- 3 83 14.8
- 4 52 9.2
- 5 18 3.2
- 6 23 4.1
- 7 13 2.3
- 8 5 .9
- 9 1 .2
- 10 1 .2