Table 1 The distribution of the demographic variables according to rehospitalization events

Age: Mean (standard deviation)

39.4 years (12.4)

39.6 years (12.4)

39.18 (12.5)

Female: Frequency (%)

201 (55.7%)

75 (52.1%)

126 (58%)

Education: Frequency (%)

Illiterate

8 (2.3%)

4 (3%)

4 (1.95)

Other

5 (1.5%)

2 (1.5%)

3 (1.4%)

Primary

73 (21%)

32 (24.2%)

41 (19.1%)

Secondary

136 (39.2%)

48 (36.4%)

88 (40.9%)

Technical degree

50 (14.4%)

22 (16.7%)

28 (13.0%)

University degree

75 (21.6%)

24 (18.2%)

51 (23.7%)

Occupation in the last year: Frequency (%)

Unemployed

162 (45.55)

66 (47.1%)

96 (44.4%)

Employed

149 (41.9%)

62 (44.3%)

87 (40.3%)

Student

24 (6.7%)

7 (5.0%)

17 (7.9%)

Retired

21 (5.9%)

5 (3.6%)

16 (7.4%)

Marital status: Frequency (%)*

Married

80 (22.3%)

39 (27.3%)

41 (19.0%)

Separated/divorced

66 (18.4%)

19 (13.3%)

47 (21.8%)

Single

170 (47.4%)

64 (44.8%)

106 (49.1%)

Common-law marriage

43 (12.0%)

21 (14.7%)

22 (10.2%)

Persons they currently live with: Frequency (%)

Institutionalized

9 (2.5%)

3 (2.1%)

6 (2.8%)

Family members

330 (92.2%)

133 (93.7%)

197 (91.2%)

Alone

19 (5.3%)

6 (4.2%)

13 (6.0%)

Socio-economic strata: Frequency (%)*

1-2

92 (38.7%)

47 (47.5%)

45 (32.4%)

3-4

143 (60.1%)

51 (51.5%)

92 (66.2%)

5-6

3 (1.3%)

1 (1.0%)

2 (1.4%)