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. 2025 Feb 19;15(2):101026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.101026

Table 2.

Comparison of mental health among participants with different demographic characteristics, n (%)

Variable
Category

Generalized anxiety disorder-7
Patient health questionaire-9
Insomnia severity index
Sex Male 343 (33.9) 4.59 ± 4.80 5.14 ± 5.15 6.14 ± 5.41
Female 668 (66.1) 4.43 ± 4.93 5.33 ± 5.60 6.24 ± 5.41
t value 0.491 -0.507 -0.273
Ethnicity Han 996 (98.5) 4.48 ± 4.89 5.25 ± 5.44 6.20 ± 5.42
Other 15 (1.5) 5.00 ± 4.28 6.40 ± 6.14 6.33 ± 5.19
t value 0.680 0.146 0.926
Age (years) 18-25 354 (35.0) 4.32 ± 4.72 5.22 ± 5.45 6.28 ± 5.46
26-50 563 (55.7) 4.79 ± 5.01 5.56 ± 5.49 6.17 ± 5.32
> 50 94 (9.3) 3.28 ± 4.47 3.65 ± 5.00 6.12 ± 5.78
F value 4.162a 5.005b 0.053
Education High school or below 77 (7.6) 5.79 ± 5.33 6.70 ± 6.60 7.40 ± 6.35
College degree 164 (16.2) 4.41 ± 4.82 5.45 ± 5.56 6.55 ± 5.92
Bachelor degree 440 (43.5) 4.41 ± 4.85 5.15 ± 5.25 5.93 ± 5.17
Master degree or above 330 (32.6) 4.31 ± 4.82 4.99 ± 5.33 6.11 ± 5.20
F value 2.033 2.194 1.892
Only child Yes 281 (27.8) 5.17 ± 4.98 5.85 ± 5.45 6.83 ± 5.47
No 730 (72.2) 4.22 ± 4.82 5.04 ± 5.44 5.96 ± 5.37
t value 2.772b 2.139a 2.295a
a

P < 0.05.

b

P < 0.01.