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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by psychological health status

From: Relationship between psychological health and quality of life of people affected by leprosy in the community in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study

  

< 3 point n(%)

≥3 point n(%)

Total n(%)

χ2

P value

Gender

Male

4302(77.8)

1225(72.1)

5527(76.4)

23.52

< 0.001

Female

1227(22.2)

474(27.9)

1701(23.5)

No data

2(0.1)

0

2(0.1)

  

Age

< 30

112(2.0)

16(0.9)

128(1.8)

207.08

< 0.001

30–49

412(7.4)

62(3.6)

474(6.6)

  

50–69

2736(49.5)

591(34.8)

3327(46.0)

  

≥70

2271(41.1)

1030(60.6)

3301(45.7)

  

Education

Primary school or below

4304(77.8)

1531(90.1)

5835(80.7)

126.23

< 0.001

Junior high school

1015(18.4)

144(8.5)

1159(16.0)

 

Senior high school

155(2.8)

18(1.1)

173(2.4)

 

College and above

50(0.9)

5(0.3)

55(0.8)

 

No data

7(0.1)

1(0.1)

8(0.1)

 

Employment

Full-time

964(17.4)

75(4.4)

1039(14.4)

317.89

< 0.001

Part-time

336(6.1)

36(2.1)

372(5.1)

  

Retired

603(10.9)

100(5.9)

703(9.7)

  

Unemployed

3606(65.2)

1484(87.3)

5090(70.4)

  

No data

22(0.4)

4(0.2)

26(0.4)

  

Occupation

Farmers

3741(67.6)

1155(68.0)

4896(67.7)

69.49

< 0.001

Factory workers

302(5.5)

37(2.2)

339(4.7)

  

Business men

156(2.8)

12(0.7)

168(2.3)

  

Others

1320(23.8)

489(28.7)

1809(25.0)

  

No data

12(0.2)

6(0.4)

18(0.2)

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