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Table 3 Overview of the relationship between demographics and risk of high anxiety about body sensations

From: A survey of depression and anxiety disorders in urban and rural Suriname

Variable

 

Nickerie

P

Paramaribo

P

Low

High

Low

High

Age

<40

395 (84%)

75(16%)

0.001*

760 (82.5%)

161 (17.5%)

0.943

>40

463 (83.9%)

89 (16.1%)

 

808 (88.2%)

108 (11.8%)

 

Gender

Male

387 (89.6%)

45 (10.4%)

0.000*

696 (90.2%)

76 (9.8%)

0.000*

Female

471 (79.8%)

119 (20.2%)

 

872 (81.9%)

193 (18.1%)

 

Education

Low

531 (81.7%)

119 (18.3%)

0.306

794 (84.8%)

142 (15.2%)

0.033*

Secondary

315 (88%)

43 (12%)

 

397 (85.2%)

69 (14.8%)

 

High

11 (84.6%)

2 (15.4%)

 

123 (89.8%)

14 (10.2%)

 

Marital Status

Single

238 (87.5%)

34 (12.5%)

0.051

725 (82.7%)

152 (17.3%)

0.322

Married

403 (81.7%)

90 (18.3%)

 

431 (89%)

53 (11%)

 

Widowed

34 (81%)

8 (19%)

 

54 (87.1%)

8 (12.9%)

 

Divorced

47 (81%)

11(19%)

 

64 (85.3%)

11 (14.7%)

 

Concubinage

126 (86.3%)

20 (13.7%)

 

257 (86.8%)

39 (13.2%)

 

Long-distance relationship

9 (90%)

1 (10%)

 

37 (86%)

6 (14%)

 

Ethnic background

West Indians

525 (83.2%)

106 (16.8%)

0.001*

368 (86.8%)

56 (13.2%)

0.277

Creole

83 (87.4%)

12 (12.6%)

 

450 (84.7%)

81 (15.3%)

 

Maroon

6 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

165 (76.4%)

51 (23.6%)

 

Javanese

148 (81.8%)

33 (18.2%)

 

171 (91.4%)

16 (8.6%)

 

Mixed

66 (84.6%)

12 (15.4%)

 

344 (87.1%)

51 (12.9%)

 

Other

28 (96.6%)

1 (3.4%)

 

70 (83.3%)

14 (16.7%)

 

Daily activity

Student/going to school

81 (86.2%)

13 (13.8%)

0.001*

189 (80.8%)

45 (19.2%)

0.000*

Working part-time

59 (86.8%)

9 (13.2%)

 

86 (82.7%)

18 (17.3%)

 

Working full-time

293 (87.5%

42 (12.5%)

 

826 (88%)

113 (12%)

 

Unemployed/jobseeker

90 (89.1%)

11 (10.9%)

 

92 (82.9%)

19 (17.1%)

 

Housewife/Houseman

244 (75.3%)

80 (24/7%)

 

217 (79.2%)

57 (20.8%)

 

Handyman

42 (93.3%)

3 (6.7%)

 

33 (86.8%)

5 (13.2%)

 

Retired

38 (86.4%)

6 (13.6%)

 

125 (91.2%)

12 (8.8%)

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