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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

From: A cross-sectional study addressing the importance of work and other everyday activities for well-being among people with mental illness: does additional vulnerability matter?

 

Young people with psychosis

N = 46

History of SUD

N = 57

Immigrants with PTSD

N = 39

P-value

Age; mean (SD) years

26 (3)

43 (9.7)

41 (9.5)

< 0.001

Sex; % women/men/non-binary

30/67/2

29/71

33/67

ns.

Foreign-born; %

22

10

100

< 0.001

Type of household; %

   

< 0.001

 Single

52

89

18

 

 Married or living with partner

17

9

80

 

 Living with family or friends

30

2

3

 

Having children; %

15

49

80

< 0.001

Highest education; %

   

< 0.001

 Completed 9-year school or lower

41

51

77

 

 Completed high school

59

40

8

 

 Completed university degree

–

9

15

 

Employment or regular studied for at least 2 months the past 2 years; %

46

5

97

< 0.001

Self-reported diagnosis; %

   

< 0.001

 Psychosis

89

4

0

 

 Neuropsychiatric disorder

2

35

0

 

 Mood/anxiety disorder

2

14

16

 

 PTSD

0

5

83

 

 Other

7

421)

0

 

Experiencing physical problems; %

30

48

81

< 0.001

  1. 1) Included here are 40% in the group with a history of SUD who did not report a diagnosis or reported that they did not have one