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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of population groups

From: Patterns of risk for anxiety-depression amongst Vietnamese-immigrants: a comparison with source and host populations

 

Vietnamese-immigrants

Mekong Delta Vietnamese

Australian-born

 

Number

%

% estimated prevalence of anxiety-depression

Number

%

% estimated prevalence of anxiety-depression

Number

%

% estimated prevalence of anxiety-depression

Chi-square group differences

Overall

          
 

Total for population group

1161

100%

7.0%

3039

100%

4.8%

7961

100.0%

10.2%

 

Gender

          
 

Male

572

49.3%

5.9%

1431

47.1%

3.5%

3839

48.2%

7.8%

χ2 (2) = 1.9, p<.38

 

Female

589

50.7%

8.1%

1608

52.9%

6.1%

4122

51.8%

12.4%

 

Age

          
 

18-29 year

371

26.9%

2.0%

1203

39.6%

3.1%

2152

27.0%

11.7%

χ2 (4) = 334.3, p<.0001

 

30-44 years

493

42.4%

8.6%

1020

33.5%

3.9%

2469

31.0%

12.7%

 

45+ years

297

25.6%

10.4%

816

26.9%

8.5%

3340

42.0%

7.4%

Marital Status

          
 

Married

741

63.8%

6.7%

2153

70.8%

5.3%

5038

63.3%

8.3%

χ2 (2) = 56.7, p<.0001

 

Not married

420

36.2%

7.2%

886

29.1%

3.6%

2923

36.7%

13.4%

Education

          
 

Not completed high school

689

59.4%

7.5%

1937

63.8%

5.1%

4668

58.6%

10.9%

χ2 (4) = 239.5, p<.0001

 

Completed high school

217

18.7%

5.0%

675

22.2%

5.6%

1179

14.8%

9.8%

 

University/vocational training

255

22.0%

5.8%

426

14.0%

2.3%

2113

26.5%

8.8%

Employment

          
 

Paid employment/ home duties

1070

92.1%

6.7%

2763

90.9%

4.4%

7638

95.9%

9.7%

χ2 (2) = 117.9, p<.0001

 

Unemployed

91

7.9%

10.4%

276

9.1%

8.3%

323

4.1%

20.8%

PTE exposure

          
 

No PTE

492

42.4%

3.9%

2568

84.5%

3.9%

3457

43.4%

6.8%

χ2 (4) = 1666.5, p<.0001

 

1-2 PTEs reported

401

34.6%

6.3%

404

13.3%

8.8%

3248

40.8%

10.0%

 

3 or more PTEs reported

267

23.0%

13.6%

67

2.2%

18.5%

1257

15.8%

20.1%

Substance Use Disorder

          
 

Negative diagnosis

1142

98.4%

6.8%

3004

98.9%

4.8%

7262

91.2%

8.6%

χ2 (2) = 271.7, p<.0001

 

Positive diagnosis

19

1.6%

17.2%

34

1.1%

12.6%

699

8.8%

26.3%

Number of self-reported medical conditions

         
 

None

851

73.3%

4.5%

2161

71.1%

3.1%

4860

61.0%

9.0%

χ2 (4) = 239.5, p<.0001

 

1 condition

214

18.4%

10.9%

697

22.9%

7.1%

1886

23.7%

10.9%

 

2 or more conditions

96

8.3%

20.3%

181

5.9%

17.0%

1215

15.3%

13.7%

  1. Number and % within each demographic variable and weighted prevalence estimates of anxiety-depression (%) for the Vietnamese-immigrant, Mekong Delta Vietnamese and Australian-born populations. Demographic differences between population groups are indicated for each variable category by Chi-square analyses in the right column.