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Table 1 Individual-level descriptive statistics.

From: Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study

 

Total

Men

Women

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Marital status

      

Married/Cohabitants (ref.)

17549

64.6

8179

69.7

9370

60.8

Divorced/Separated

3210

11.8

1233

10.5

1977

12.8

Single

2832

10.4

1556

13.3

1276

8.3

Widowed

3318

12.2

647

5.5

2671

17.3

Other

237

0.9

113

1.0

124

0.8

Education in years

      

≤15 years or other

6897

25.4

2720

23.2

4177

27.1

16--19 years

11573

42.6

5081

43.3

6492

42.1

≥20 years (ref.)

6928

25.5

3221

27.5

3707

24.0

Work status

      

Manual workers (ref.)

5656

20.8

2947

25.1

2709

17.6

Self-employed

2136

7.9

1385

11.8

751

4.9

Managers/professionals

2771

10.2

1432

12.2

1339

8.7

White-collar workers

2898

10.7

1194

10.2

1704

11.1

Housewives/Househusbands

3006

11.1

92

0.8

2914

18.9

Unemployed

1654

6.1

689

5.9

965

6.3

Retired

8147

30.0

3592

30.6

4555

29.5

Still studying

878

3.2

397

3.4

481

3.1

First health support

      

from family

13507

49.8

5699

48.6

7808

50.6

from friends

5445

20.1

2083

17.8

3362

21.8

Urbanization

      

Rural area or village

10400

38.3

4439

37.8

5961

36.4

Small- or middle-sized town

9567

35.2

4161

35.5

5406

35.1

Large town

7363

27.1

3078

26.2

4285

27.8

(range)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Professional support (0--7)

0.18

0.50

0.15

0.467

0.21

0.53

Mental well-being (1--5)

3.63

0.74

3.75

0.70

4.93

0.87

Physical health (1--5)

3.97

1.14

4.11

1.09

3.87

1.17

N of children (0--15)

0.46

0.84

0.41

0.80

0.49

0.87

N of other adults (15+) (1--6)

0.62

0.99

0.62

1.00

0.62

0.98

Age (21--98)

49.6

17.1

49.1

16.9

49.9

17.2