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Table 2 Test of mean difference scores (N = 2,080)

From: Psychological consequences and associated risk factors among adult survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

	SAS		SDS		PTSD
	Mean score	pvalue	Mean score	pvalue	Mean score	pvalue
Gender		<0.001***		0.048*		<0.001**
Male	40.62		40.50		39.64
Female	44.40		41.25		41.62
Age		0.083		0.381		0.039*
18-30	42.15		40.15		38.63
31-40	42.93		41.02		39.93
41-50	42.88		41.03		40.67
51-68	44.07		40.90		41.05
Ethnic group		0.018*		0.009**		0.047*
Han	43.71		41.14		40.58
Tibetan	42.13		39.71		39.00
Qiang	42.99		40.14		41.24
Other	38.30		36.63		36.11
Education level		0.012*		0.002**		0.005**
No degree	43.36		41.12		40.81
Bachelor	43.69		40.58		40.31
Graduate	38.76		36.89		35.94
Income (RMB/month)		<0.001***		<0.001***		<0.001***
<1000 RMB	45.00		41.10		42.05
1000-2000 RMB	44.05		41.32		40.80
2000-3000 RMB	39.74		38.46		37.97
>3000 RMB	37.15		37.41		34.58
Housing status		<0.001***		<0.001***		<0.001***
Original house	42.46		40.41		39.47
Public dormitory	42.92		39.45		40.24
Rented house	45.22		42.85		42.42
Temporary settlement	46.16		42.43		43.33

*p <0.05. **p <0.01. ***p <0.01.
SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-rating Depression Scale; PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder.

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