Table 1 Socio-Demographic of psychiatric inpatients in western China and America
|  | America (N = 905) | China (N = 1318) | t/χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, \(\overline{x}\) ±s) | 39.7 ± 13.7 | 40.3 ± 18.6 | 0.906 | 0.365 |
Gender, n (%) | Â | Â | 78.772 | <0.001 |
 Male | 562 (62.1%) | 566 (42.9%) |  |  |
 Female | 343 (37.9%) | 752 (57.1%) |  |  |
Marital status, n (%) | Â | Â | 498.645 | <0.001 |
 Unmarried | 694 (76.7%) | 463 (35.1%) |  |  |
 Married | 112 (12.4%) | 779 (59.1%) |  |  |
 Divorce | 79 (8.7%) | 44 (3.3%) |  |  |
 Widowed | 20 (2.2%) | 32 (2.4%) |  |  |
Education, n (%) | Â | Â | 429.311 | <0.001 |
 Primary school and below | 7 (0.8%) | 238 (18.1%) |  |  |
 Junior middle school | 36 (4.0%) | 355 (26.9%) |  |  |
 High school | 514 (56.8%) | 453 (34.4%) |  |  |
 Junior college or undergraduate | 348 (38.5%) | 272 (20.6%) |  |  |
Occupation, n (%) | Â | Â | 1276.030 | <0.001 |
 Workers | 106 (11.7%) | 227 (17.2%) |  |  |
 Freelance worker | 5 (0.6%) | 496 (37.6%) |  |  |
 Students | 10 (1.1%) | 181 (13.7%) |  |  |
 Retiree | 20 (2.2%) | 267 (20.3%) |  |  |
 The unemployed | 764 (84.4%) | 147 (11.2%) |  |  |
Living condition, n (%) | Â | Â | 423.615 | <0.001 |
 Living alone | 265 (29.3%) | 4 (0.3%) |  |  |
 Groups life | 640 (70.7%) | 1314 (99.7%) |  |  |