From: Clinical importance of personality difficulties: diagnostically sub-threshold personality disorders
 |  |  |  | No personality disturbance | Personality difficulty | Simple personality disorder | Complex/severe personality disorder |  | ||||
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Variable | Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | Pa |
Gender (n = 352) | Female | 118 | 33.5 | 37 | 27.4 | 18 | 35.3 | 24 | 30.0 | 39 | 45.4 | 0.042 |
Male | 234 | 66.5 | 98 | 72.6 | 33 | 64.7 | 56 | 70.0 | 47 | 54.6 | ||
Basic education (n = 354) | Comprehensive school dropout | 26 | 7.1 | 15 | 11.2 | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.9 | 0.007 |
Comprehensive school | 227 | 62.4 | 67 | 50.0 | 36 | 70.6 | 49 | 61.3 | 64 | 73.6 | ||
Upper secondary school | 111 | 30.5 | 52 | 38.3 | 14 | 27.5 | 27 | 33.8 | 17 | 19.5 | ||
Studies (n = 335) | No vocational education | 84 | 24.4 | 18 | 14.0 | 9 | 18.4 | 23 | 30.3 | 30 | 37.0 | 0.001 |
Vocational education | 143 | 41.5 | 53 | 41.1 | 27 | 55.1 | 31 | 40.8 | 32 | 39.5 | ||
Polytechnic degree | 92 | 26.7 | 44 | 34.1 | 9 | 18.4 | 20 | 26.3 | 13 | 16.1 | ||
Academic degree | 26 | 7.5 | 14 | 10.9 | 4 | 8.2 | 2 | 2.6 | 6 | 7.4 | ||
Main occupation (n = 364) | Working | 92 | 25.3 | 43 | 31.6 | 14 | 27.5 | 14 | 17.7 | 19 | 22.1 | 0.030 |
Rehabilitation/Sick leave | 162 | 44.5 | 53 | 39.0 | 26 | 51.0 | 34 | 43.0 | 44 | 51.2 | ||
Child-care leave | 21 | 5.8 | 11 | 8.1 | 4 | 7.8 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 | ||
Other | 89 | 24.5 | 29 | 21.3 | 7 | 13.7 | 29 | 36.7 | 20 | 23.3 | ||
Dwelling (n = 358) | Single | 103 | 28.0 | 36 | 26.3 | 13 | 25.5 | 18 | 22.2 | 33 | 37.5 | 0.19 |
Cohabitation | 263 | 71.5 | 99 | 72.3 | 38 | 74.5 | 63 | 77.8 | 55 | 62.5 | ||
Supported housing | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Financial situation (n = 354) | Good/Moderate | 101 | 28.4 | 54 | 40.9 | 19 | 37.3 | 12 | 15.8 | 16 | 18.8 | <0.001 |
Neither | 108 | 30.4 | 45 | 34.1 | 10 | 19.6 | 28 | 36.8 | 25 | 29.4 | ||
Quite poor/Poor | 135 | 38.1 | 33 | 25.0 | 22 | 43.1 | 36 | 47.4 | 44 | 51.8 | ||
Number of children (n = 360) | None or one | 192 | 51.9 | 71 | 51.1 | 27 | 52.9 | 45 | 55.6 | 49 | 55.7 | 0.89 |
Two or more | 178 | 48.1 | 68 | 48.9 | 24 | 47.1 | 36 | 44.4 | 39 | 44.3 | ||
Number of chronic illnesses (n = 360) | None | 121 | 32.7 | 49 | 35.3 | 12 | 23.5 | 26 | 32.1 | 25 | 28.4 | 0.42 |
One or more | 249 | 67.3 | 90 | 64.8 | 39 | 76.5 | 55 | 67.9 | 63 | 71.6 | ||
Number of earlier treatment contacts (n = 289) | One | 152 | 52.6 | 60 | 58.3 | 25 | 56.8 | 40 | 59.7 | 27 | 36.0 | 0.047 |
Two | 86 | 29.8 | 30 | 29.1 | 12 | 27.3 | 15 | 22.4 | 29 | 38.7 | ||
Three or more | 51 | 17.6 | 13 | 12.6 | 7 | 15.9 | 12 | 17.9 | 19 | 25.3 |