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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

From: A cross-sectional study to compare levels of psychiatric morbidity between young people and adults exposed to violence in a large urban center

 

15–24

25–75

P value

Gender

   

 Male

227 (43.3)

276 (41.6)

0.576

 Female

869 (56.7)

1164 (58.4)

 

Marital status

   

 Single

363 (72.5)

354 (18.4)

<0.001

 Married/cohabiting

130 (25.9)

1337 (63.9)

 

 Separated/divorced

8 (1.2)

220 (10.7)

 

 Widowed

2 (0.5)

122 (7.0)

 

Education (years of school)

   

 0–4

15 (2.3)

573 (24.0)

<0.001

 5–8

155 (28.3)

551 (24.9)

 

 9–12

303 (60.1)

651 (34.1)

 

 13 or more

30 (9.3)

257 (17.0)

 

Occupational status

   

 Currently unemployed

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Currently employed

246 (50.1)

1313 (62.6)

<0.001

Migration history

   

 Being a migrant

154 (28.0)

1231 (55.0)

<0.001