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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2008 Feb;21(1):22–29. doi: 10.1002/jts.20301

Table 1.

Bivariate Associations Between Characteristics of the Respondents and Current Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD; N = 190)

Variable Probable PTSD χ2

% n
Gender 1.23
  Male 22.6 84
  Female 29.8 104
Religiosity 8.76*
  Secular 25.0 16
  Traditional 45.0 40
  Religious 21.4 131
Probable PTSD No PTSD t(df)

M SD M SD
Age 40.74 12.37 35.44 13.46 −2.44(185)*
Income 2.92 1.22 2.90 1.32 <1
Education 2.02 0.82 2.13 0.85 <1
Trauma exposure 1.94 1.25 1.84 1.26 <1
Economic loss 1.55 0.65 1.20 0.78 −2.80(180)**
Psychosocial loss 14.06 4.08 9.01 4.31 −7.20(186)***
Posttraumatic growth 8.98 4.26 10.54 4.69 2.05(183)*
Social support 7.58 1.89 8.08 1.59 1.81(186)

Note. Numbers within categories may not add up to total for some variables due to missing data.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.