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Table 2 Odds ratios und prevalence rates for chronic stress

From: Gender differences in a resources-demands model in the general population

Sociodemographic variables

Chronic stressb(n = 487; 19.1%)

Odds ratioc(95% CI)

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Age

    

18-40 years

92 (20.7%)

124 (24.4%)

2.03** (1.36-3.03)

1.81** (1.28-2.58)

41-60 years

76 (20.3%)

86 (20.1%)

1.98** (1.31-2.98)

1.43 (0.98-2.07)

61-95 years

41 (11.4%)

56 (15.1%)

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Cohabitation

    

Yes

120 (16.1%)

145 (19.6%)

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1

No

93 (20.5%)

129 (21.6%)

1.35* (1.01-1.83)

1.13 (0.87-1.48)

Socio-economic-status e

    

Low

112 (21.4%)

133 (22.0%)

2.11* (1.17-3.80)

1.13 (0.62-2.05)

Medium

54 (13.8%)

96 (18.7%)

1.24 (0.66-2.31)

0.92 (0.51-1.69)

High

14 (11.5%)

15 (20.0%)

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1

  1. blogistic regression.
  2. *p < 0.01.
  3. **p < 0.05.
  4. eWinkler und Stolzenberg (1999) [38].