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Table 1 Categorized variables and their distributions according to the level of personality disturbance

From: Clinical importance of personality difficulties: diagnostically sub-threshold personality disorders

    

No personality disturbance

Personality difficulty

Simple personality disorder

Complex/severe personality disorder

 

Variable

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Pa

Gender (n = 352)

Female

118

33.5

37

27.4

18

35.3

24

30.0

39

45.4

0.042

Male

234

66.5

98

72.6

33

64.7

56

70.0

47

54.6

Basic education (n = 354)

Comprehensive school dropout

26

7.1

15

11.2

1

2.0

4

5.0

6

6.9

0.007

Comprehensive school

227

62.4

67

50.0

36

70.6

49

61.3

64

73.6

Upper secondary school

111

30.5

52

38.3

14

27.5

27

33.8

17

19.5

Studies (n = 335)

No vocational education

84

24.4

18

14.0

9

18.4

23

30.3

30

37.0

0.001

Vocational education

143

41.5

53

41.1

27

55.1

31

40.8

32

39.5

Polytechnic degree

92

26.7

44

34.1

9

18.4

20

26.3

13

16.1

Academic degree

26

7.5

14

10.9

4

8.2

2

2.6

6

7.4

Main occupation (n = 364)

Working

92

25.3

43

31.6

14

27.5

14

17.7

19

22.1

0.030

Rehabilitation/Sick leave

162

44.5

53

39.0

26

51.0

34

43.0

44

51.2

Child-care leave

21

5.8

11

8.1

4

7.8

2

2.5

3

3.5

Other

89

24.5

29

21.3

7

13.7

29

36.7

20

23.3

Dwelling (n = 358)

Single

103

28.0

36

26.3

13

25.5

18

22.2

33

37.5

0.19

Cohabitation

263

71.5

99

72.3

38

74.5

63

77.8

55

62.5

Supported housing

2

0.5

2

1.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Financial situation (n = 354)

Good/Moderate

101

28.4

54

40.9

19

37.3

12

15.8

16

18.8

<0.001

Neither

108

30.4

45

34.1

10

19.6

28

36.8

25

29.4

Quite poor/Poor

135

38.1

33

25.0

22

43.1

36

47.4

44

51.8

Number of children (n = 360)

None or one

192

51.9

71

51.1

27

52.9

45

55.6

49

55.7

0.89

Two or more

178

48.1

68

48.9

24

47.1

36

44.4

39

44.3

Number of chronic illnesses (n = 360)

None

121

32.7

49

35.3

12

23.5

26

32.1

25

28.4

0.42

One or more

249

67.3

90

64.8

39

76.5

55

67.9

63

71.6

Number of earlier treatment contacts (n = 289)

One

152

52.6

60

58.3

25

56.8

40

59.7

27

36.0

0.047

Two

86

29.8

30

29.1

12

27.3

15

22.4

29

38.7

Three or more

51

17.6

13

12.6

7

15.9

12

17.9

19

25.3

  1. aChi-square test