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Table 1 Background, alcohol and drug use. Total score and comparison of genders

From: Young adults at risk of early work disability: who are they?

 

Total (N = 96)

Men (n = 65)

Women (n = 31)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Education

 Less than high school

38

(40)

28

(43)

10

(32)

.311

 Reading/writing difficulties

32

(33)

24

(37)

8

(26)

.280

Marital status

 Single

68

(71)

53

(82)

15

(48)

< .001

Living arrangements

 With parent(s)

44

(46)

32

(49)

12

(39)

.333

Children

 None

62

(86)

41

(87)

21

(84)

.730a

Country of birth

 Immigrant background

15

(17)

10

(16)

5

(17)

1.000a

Employment

 Previous employment scheme

59

(64)

41

(67)

18

(58)

.387

 Previous employment

56

(59)

35

(55)

21

(68)

.225

Reason for unemployment

 Psychological problems

51

(53)

32

(49)

19

(61)

.268

 Other health problems

33

(34)

23

(35)

10

(32)

.763

 Other, non-health-related

32

(33)

26

(40)

6

(19)

.045

Alcohol use

 Over gender cutoff

51

(53)

33

(51)

18

(58)

.503

Drug use

 Any drug use

14

(15)

9

(14)

5

(16)

.765a

 Over gender cutoffb

10

(10)

–

–

–

–

–

  1. a1 cell had an expected cell count less than 5. Exact p value (Fisher’s exact test significance) was used
  2. b Values for groups with fewer than five respondents in either group are not reported
  3. All values in boldface in the p-value column are statistically significant at the 0.05 or 0.001 level
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