Table 1. Socio-demographic variables of bereaved and non-bereaved participants.
Bereaved participants(N = 179) | Non- bereaved participants(N = 175) | t or X2 | p-value | |
Male gender | 75 (41.9) | 63 (36.0) | 1.30 | 0.28 |
Age, M (SD) | 20.3 (3.65) | 20.0 (3.75) | 1.16 | 0.25 |
Education | 18.14 | <0.001 | ||
Elementary | 28 (15.6) | 10 (5.7) | ||
High school | 140 (78.2) | 134 (76.6) | ||
University | 11 (6.1) | 31 (17.7) | ||
Marital status | 4.26 | 0.24 | ||
Married | 14 (7.9) | 7 (4.0) | ||
Single | 156 (87.6) | 163 (93.7) | ||
Divorced | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | ||
Other | 7 (3.9) | 4 (2.3) | ||
Employment status | 13.98 | 0.001 | ||
Training/education | 89 (49.7) | 114 (65.1) | ||
Employed | 17 (9.5) | 22 (12.6) | ||
Unemployed | 73 (40.8) | 39 (22.3) | ||
Number of war-related loss of first-degree family in N (%) | n.a. | n. a. | ||
» 1 | 122 (68.2) | n.a. | ||
» 2 | 27 (15.1) | n.a. | ||
» 3 or more | 30 (16.8) | n.a. |
Note: Data are given as the number (percentage) of participants unless otherwise indicated; n.a. = not applicable.