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Table 1 Descriptive data of the two samples

From: Is the association between precarious employment and mental health mediated by economic difficulties in males? Results from two Italian studies

Variable

PASSI Sample

HIS Sample

Permanent

Temporary

Precarious

p-value

Permanent

Temporary

Precarious

p-value

Age

Years, mean (SD)

39.8 (6.9)

36.0 (7.5)

36.8 (7.6)

< 0.001

39.8 (6.8)

36.5 (7.3)

37.1 (7.3)

< 0.001

Gender

Male

13,673 (53.6)

2317 (46.4)

551 (38.6)

< 0.001

9962 (55.2)

1606 (49.5)

235 (38.6)

< 0.001

Female

11,856 (46.4)

2676 (53.6)

875 (61.4)

 

8076 (44.8)

1642 (50,5)

373 (61.4)

 

Region

North-West

4588 (18.0)

684 (13.7)

214 (15.0)

< 0.001

4885 (27.1)

613 (18.9)

131 (21.5)

< 0.001

Nort-East

9360 (36.6)

1622 (32.5)

385 (27.0)

 

4506 (25.0)

685 (21.1)

99 (16.3)

 

Centre

6557 (25.7)

1227 24.6)

369 (25.9)

 

3470 (19.2)

556 (17.1)

152 (25.0)

 

South

3700 (14.5)

1014 (20.3)

359 (25.2)

 

3646 (20.2)

962 (29.6)

139 (22.9)

 

Islands

1324 (5.2)

446 (8.9)

99 (6.9)

 

1531 (8.5)

432 (13.3)

87 (14.3)

 

Marital status

Married/Partner cohabitant

16,993 (66.6)

2653 (53.1)

771 (49.9)

< 0.001

10,034 (55.6)

1369 (42.1)

226 (37.2)

< 0.001

Single

6140 (24.0)

1951 (39.1)

572 (40.1)

 

6062 (33.6)

1523 (46.9)

307 (50.5)

 

Widowed/Divorced/Separated

2396 (9.4)

389 (7.8)

143 (10.0)

 

1942 (10.8)

356 (11.0)

75 (12.3)

 

Children

Yes

10,840 (42.5)

1545 (30.9)

421 (29.5)

< 0.001

8140 (45.1)

1103 (34.0)

194 (31.9)

< 0.001

No

14,689 (57.5)

3448 (69.1)

1005(70.5)

 

9898 (54.9)

2145 (66.0)

414 (68.1)

 

Occupational Social Class

Large employers and salariat

2924 (12.7)

693 (15.0)

215 (16.4)

< 0.001

2119 (12.0)

513 (15.8)

140 (23.0)

< 0.001

Intermediate

13,068 (57.0)

2150 (46.5)

513 (39.1)

 

9396 (53.1)

1289 (39.7)

298 (49.0)

 

Routine and manual

6953 (30.3)

1777 (38.5)

584 (44.5)

 

6175 (34.9)

1443 (44.5)

170 (28.0)

 

Sector

Industries and constructions

7692 (33.8)

1202 (25.9)

211 (16.0)

< 0.001

5527 (30.6)

721 (22.2)

83 (13.6)

< 0.001

Services

9173 (40.3)

2160 (46.6)

794 (60.1)

 

7383 (40.9)

1306 (40.2)

355 (58.4)

 

Public administration and health

5545 (24.4)

985 (21.3)

229 (17.3)

 

4754 (26.4)

791 (24.4)

142 (23.4)

 

Agricolture

328 (1.5)

288 (6.2)

87 (6.6)

 

374 (2.1)

430 (13.2)

28 (4.6)

 

Education

None, primary or lower secondary

5857 (23.0)

1364 (27.3)

412 (28.9)

< 0.001

6776 (37.6)

1402 (43.2)

196 (32.2)

< 0.001

Higher secondary

13,989 (54.8)

2282 (45.7)

629 (44.1)

 

7940 (44.0)

1084 (33.4)

212 (34.9)

 

Tertiary

5678 (22.2)

1347 (27.0)

385 (27.0)

 

3322 (18.4)

762 (23.4)

200 (32.9)

 

At least one chronic condition

Yes

2718 (10.6)

507 (10.2)

148 (10.4)

0.57

2084 (11.5)

371 (11.4)

74 (12.2)

0.87

No

22,811 (89.4)

4486 (89.8)

1278(89.6)

 

15,954 (88.5)

2877 (88.6)

534 (87.8)

 

Presence of economic difficulties

Yes

1696 (6.7)

747 (15.0)

340 (23.9)

< 0.001

928 (5.1)

307 (9.5)

82 (13.5)

< 0.001

No

23,752 (93.3)

4239 (85.0)

1084(74.1)

 

17,110 (94.9)

2941 (90.5)

526 (86.5)

 

Indication of mental illness

Yes

945 (3.8)

190 (3.9)

70 (5.1)

0.05

801 (4.4)

155 (4.8)

38 (6.3)

0.09

No

23,982 (96.2)

4642 (96.1)

1305(94.9)

 

17,237 (95.6)

3093 (95.2)

570 (93.7)