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Table 1 Sociodemographic distribution of participants

From: Hoarding symptoms among psychiatric outpatients: confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Saving Inventory – Revised (SI-R)

 

Number

Percent

Age

 Mean

35.29

 

 SD

10.1

 

Gender

  

 Male

282

56.4

 Female

218

43.6

Ethnicity group

 Chinese

351

70.2

 Malay

50

10

 Indian

67

13.4

 Others

32

6.4

Diagnosis

Anxiety disorders

144

28.8

Depressive disorders

153

30.6

Schizophrenia

150

30

Pathological gambling

53

10.6

Education level

No formal/primary

23

4.6

Secondary/O-level

147

29.4

A-level

40

8

Polytechnic/diploma

196

39.2

University

94

18.8

Marital status

Never married

309

61.9

Currently married

132

26.5

Divorced/separated

51

10.2

Widowed

7

1.4

Employment status

Employed

281

56.8

Economically inactive

83

16.8

Unemployed

131

26.5

Living arrangement

  

Staying alone

43

8.7

Roommate(s)

37

7.4

Spouse/non-married partner

43

8.7

Extended family

26

5.2

Immediate family

344

69.2

Resident type

Bungalow/terrace

15

3

Private condo/flat

35

7.1

HDBa

433

87.7

Nursing homeb

11

2.2

  1. aHousing and Development Board (HDB) flats are a type of public housing managed by the HDB, a statutory board of the Singapore government. The majority of Singapore residents stay in HDB flats, which range in size from 1 to 5 rooms
  2. bNursing homes are a type of housing where stay-in-care is provided to psychiatric patients with milder clinical symptoms