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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of included and excluded participants in the study population

From: Effects of precarious work on symptomatology of anxiety and depression in Chilean workers, a cross sectional study

Group

Ineligible

(n = 3701)

Excluded for missing data

(n = 3902)

Final sample

(n = 1900)

Sex

 Male

2110 (57.0%)

2583 (66.2%)

1265 (66.5%)

 Female

1591 (43.0%)

1319 (33.8%)

635 (33.4%)

Residency

 Urban

2923 (79.0%)

3246 (83.2%)

1677 (88.3%)

 Rural

778 (21.0%)

656 (16.8%)

223 (11.7%)

Groups of age

 17–34 years old

640 (17.3%)

1431 (36.7%)

631 (33.2%)

 35–50 years old

1511 (40.8%)

1545 (39.7%)

859 (45.2%)

 51–69 years old

1370 (37.0%)

857 (22.0%)

400 (21.1%)

  > 69 years old

179 (4.8%)

61 (1.6%)

10 (0.5%)

Union

 Unionized (Yes)

93 (16.3%)

422 (10.8%)

343 (18.1%)

 Unionized (No)

475 (83.3%)

3464 (88.8%)

1556 (81.9%)

 Dont answer

2 (0.40%)

6 (0.5%)

1 (0.1%)

Marital status

 Married

1808 (48.9%)

1644 (42.1%)

916 (48.2%)

 Living together

530 (14.3%)

612 (15.7%)

331 (17.4%)

 Annulled marriage

4 (0.1%)

5 (0.1%)

4 (0.2%)

 Legally separated

128 (3.5%)

97 (2.5%)

56 (3.0%)

 Not legally separated

222 (6.0%)

178 (4.6%)

95 (5.0%)

 Widower/widow

178 (4.8%)

85 (2.2%)

26 (1.4%)

 Single

807 (21.8%)

1270 (32.6%)

462 (24.3%)

 Divorced

22 (0.6%)

10 (0.3%)

10 (0.5%)

Educational level

 Elementary school

1401 (38.7%)

1116 (29.1%)

395 (20.8%)

 High school

1630 (45.0%)

2007 (52.4%)

1007 (53.0%)

 Higher technical education

266 (7.3%)

329 (8.6%)

247 (13.0%)

 University incomplete

108 (3.0%)

150 (3.9%)

76 (4.0%)

 University complete

188 (5.2%)

215 (5.6%)

156 (8.2%)

 University postgraduate

30 (0.8%)

15 (0.4%)

19 (1.0%)

Occupational major groups

 Legislator. senior officials and managers

147 (4.0%)

30 (0.8%)

29 (1.5%)

 Professionals

156 (4.2%)

188 (4.8%)

142 (7.5%)

 Technicians and associate professionals

255 (6.9%)

278 (7.1%)

230 (12.1%)

 Clerks

100 (2.7%)

375 (9.6%)

210 (11.1%)

 Service workers and shop and market sales workers

741 (20.0%)

646 (16.6%)

306 (16.1%)

 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

453 (12.2%)

260 (6.7%)

72 (3.8%)

 Craft and related trades workers

603 (16.3%)

598 (15.3%)

299 (15.7%)

 Plant and machine operators and assemblers

227 (6.1%)

521 (13.4%)

254 (13.4%)

 Elementary occupations

984 (26.6%)

1006 (25.8%)

358 (18.8%)