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Table 2 Background characteristics of respondents

From: Lifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation and symptoms of psychological ill health: a cross-sectional study of Swedish male and female clinical and population samples

 

Population samples

Clinical samples

 

Women n = 1166

Men n = 2924

Women n = 2439

Men n = 1766

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

N

%

Age group

P = 0.03

p < 0.01

≤29

251

21.8

594

20.5

390

16.1

114

6.5

30-39

241

20.9

562

19.4

523

21.5

143

8.1

40-49

284

24.6

648

22.4

489

20.1

174

9.9

≥50

377

32.7

1090

37.7

1027

42.3

1329

75.5

Civil status

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

Single

224

19.4

839

29.2

374

15.5

356

20.3

Partner

931

80.6

2035

70.8

2045

84.5

1401

79.7

Education

p = 0.3

p < 0.001

≤12 years

644

55.5

1668

57.4

1526

62.9

1198

68.2

≥13 years

517

44.5

1237

42.6

901

37.1

558

31.8

Occupation

P < 0.01

p < 0.001

Employed

807

70.8

2308

80.0

1599

67.7

825

46.9

Retired, sick- leave, social welfare

106

9.3

196

6.8

427

18.1

840

47.8

Other (Student, Unemployed, pregnant or parental leave)

227

19.9

383

13.3

337

14.3

93

5.3

  1. Note: Item non-response n = 16-84 (0.4-2 %). P values represent differences in the distribution of background characteristics between the sexes in the clinical and population samples respectively