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Table 1 Common mental disorders by sociodemographic characteristics (N = 2000)

From: Differential characteristics of young and midlife adult users of psychotherapy, psychotropic medications, or both: information from a population representative sample in São Paulo, Brazil

 

Total sample

Common mental disorders (CMD)

 
 

N (%)

CMD absent (N =1545) N (%)

CMD present (N =455) N (%)

Chi-square (except anova for age) p value

Gender

 Female

1035 (51.7)

769 (49.8)

266 (58.5)

.001

 Male

965 (48.3)

776 (50.2)

189 (41.5)

 

Age

 Mean (sd) (years)

38.52 (13.8)

38.65 (14.0)

38.10 (13.2)

.452

Education

 < 7 years

781 (39.1)

580 (37.5)

201 (44.2)

.011

 ≥ 8 years

1219 (60.9)

965 (62.5)

254 (55.8)

 

Income

 Low income

1413 (70.7)

1086 (70.3)

327 (71.9)

.516

 Higher income

587 (29.3)

459 (29.7)

128 (28.1)

 

Marital status

 Married

1169 (58.5)

917 (59.4)

252 (55.4)

.131

 Not married

831 (41.5)

628 (40.6)

203 (44.6)

 

Employed

 No

1365 (68.3)

483 (31.3)

152 (33.4)

.388

 Yes

635 (31.7)

1062 (68.7)

303 (66.6)

 

Born in São Paulo City

 Yes

991 (49.6)

754 (48.8)

237 (52.1)

.218

 No

1009 (50.4)

791 (51.2)

218 (47.9)