Borderline personality symptoms and work performance: a population-based survey

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics among workers with borderline personality symptoms (N = 3672)

	Total working population		Borderline personality symptoms (0–6)	P-value
	n	%	Mean	P-value
Total	3672	100	0.45
Sex				0.27
Male	1831	56.4	0.43
Female	1841	43.6	0.48
Age				0.002
21–37	999	36.0	0.52
38–47	1187	29.2	0.45
48–57	1033	25.6	0.40
58–64	453	9.2	0.34
Education				< 0.0001
Lower secondary	859	24.1	0.58
Higher secondary	1272	42.7	0.44
Higher professional/ University	1541	33.2	0.37
Living situation				< 0.0001
With partner	2676	71.9	0.40
Without partner	996	28.1	0.59
Any 12-month common mental disorder
Mood disorder
No mood disorder	3516	95.4	0.40	< 0.0001
Any mood disorder	156	4.6	1.59
Anxiety disorder
No anxiety disorder	3486	94.0	0.41	< 0.0001
Any anxiety disorder	186	6.0	1.19
Substance use disorder
No substance use disorder	3565	96.0	0.42	0.001
Any substance use disorder	107	4.0	1.19

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