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Table 3 Anxiety/depression and precarious work scores by demographics

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

Demographics

Anxiety/depression mean score (S.D)

Comparison of means for anxiety / depression (p value)

Precarious work scale mean score (S.D)

Comparison of means for precariousness scores (p value)

n (%)

Sex

 

<.0001

 

.247

 

 Men

9.5 (4.9)

 

1.33 (0.5)

 

1265 (66.6)

 Women

11.2 (6.2)

 

1.36 (0.5)

 

635 (33.4)

Geographical area

 

<.0001

 

.271

 

 Urban

10.3 (5.6)

 

1.33 (0.5)

 

1677 (88.3)

 Rural

8.7 (4.6)

 

1.38 (0.5)

 

223 (11.7)

Age

 

<.0001

 

.351

 

 17–34 years old

9.3 (5.1)

 

1.37 (0.5)

 

631 (33.2)

 35–50 years old

10.7 (5.5)

 

1.33 (0.5)

 

859 (45.2)

 51–69 years old

10.0 (5.7)

 

1.31 (0.5)

 

400 (21.1)

  > 69 years old

10.3 (6.8)

 

1.34 (0.5)

 

10 (0.5)

Unionization

 

.745

 

<.0001

 

 Unionized (Yes)

10.2 (5.7)

 

1.23 (0.5)

 

344 (18.0)

 Unionized (No)

10.1 (5.5)

 

1.37 (0.6)

 

1557 (81.9)

Marital status

 

<.0001

 

.120

 

 Married

9.9 (5.1)

 

1.30 (0.5)

 

915 (48.3)

 Living together

10.0 (5.1)

 

1.40 (0.5)

 

330 (17.3)

 Annulled marriage

7.5 (2.8)

 

1.19 (0.2)

 

4 (0.2)

 Legally separated

12.1 (6.9)

 

1.46 (0.4)

 

56 (2.9)

 Not legally separated

13.2 (6.9)

 

1.51 (0.5)

 

95 (5.0)

 Widower/widow

14.3 (8.1)

 

1.42 (0.5)

 

26 (1.3)

 Single

9.4 (5.2)

 

1.32 (0.5)

 

461 (24.3)

 Divorced

14.8 (10)

 

1.46 (0.6)

 

10 (0.5)

Educational level

 

<.0001

 

<.0001

 

 Elementary school

10.4 (5.2)

 

1.5 (0.5)

 

385 (20.5)

 High school

10.1 (5.6)

 

1.3 (0.5)

 

997 (53.1)

 Higher technical education

9.6 (5.4)

 

1.1 (0.5)

 

246 (12.9)

 University incomplete

9.5 (5.7)

 

1.1 (0.5)

 

76 (4.0)

 University complete

10.0 (5.3)

 

1.0 (0.5)

 

156 (8.2)

 University postgraduate

10.5 (6.0)

 

1.0 (0.5)

 

19 (1.0)

Major Occupational Group

 

.108

 

<.0001

 

 Legislator. senior officials and managers

8.7 (5.0)

 

0.78 (0.6)

 

29 (1.5)

 Professionals

10.5 (5.5)

 

1.02 (0.5)

 

142 (7.5)

 Technicians and associate professionals

9.7 (5.4)

 

1.20 (0.5)

 

230 (12.1)

 Clerks

9.8 (5.3)

 

1.17 (0.5)

 

210 (11.0)

 Service workers and shop and market sales workers

10.7 (5.7)

 

1.40 (0.5)

 

306 (16.1)

 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

9.7 (4.8)

 

1.31 (0.5)

 

72 (3.7)

 Craft and related trades workers

9.9 (5.1)

 

1.43 (0.5)

 

299 (15.7)

 Plant and machine operators and assemblers

9.8 (5.3)

 

1.39 (0.5)

 

254 (13.3)

 Elementary occupations

10.5 (5.9)

 

1.56 (0.5)

 

358 (18.8)