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. 2008 Jul 22;8:59. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-59

Table 2.

PADQ and HSCL-10 scale scores and 95% confidence interval in relation to age, gender, education, marital status, family members and income

Variable PADQ HSCL-10
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI

Age
30–39 years 0.18 0.15–0.21 1.29 1.23–1.35
40–49 years 0.16 0.13–0.18 1.22 1.17–1.28
50–59 years 0.20 0.17–0.23 1.29 1.24–1.35
>60 years 0.20 0.18–0.23 1.30 1.25–1.34
p = 0.023 p = 0.128
Gender
Men 0.18 0.15–0.20 1.26 1.22–1.31
Women 0.19 0.18–0.21 1.29 1.26–1.33
p = 0.186 p = 0.272
Marital status†
Married 0.22 0.19–0.24 1.38 1.32–1.43
Unmarried 0.28 0.22–0.35 1.45 1.30–1.59
Partner died 0.24 0.09–0.39 1.51 1.20–1.82
p = 0.142 p = 0.427
Education†
No education 0.22 0.16–0.27 1.38 1.26–1.50
Primary/secondary 0.26 0.20–0.32 1.41 1.29–1.53
Intermediate & higher 0.27 0.18–0.35 1.54 1.37–1.72
p = 0.016 p = 0.094
Family members
1–3 members 0.18 0.15–0.21 1.24 1.17–1.30
4–6 members 0.18 0.15–0.20 1.28 1.23–1.32
>6 members 0.20 0.18–0.22 1.32 1.28–1.35
p = 0.145 p = 0.080
Yearly income†
Low 0.21 0.15–0.26 1.38 1.26–1.50
Medium 0.22 0.16–0.29 1.37 1.24–1.51
High 0.32 0.25–0.38 1.58 1.45–1.72
p = 0.000 p = 0.000

†Marital status, education and yearly income is presented as controlled scores for age and gender with corresponding p values for differences between groups