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. 2011 Jul 12;6(7):e22140. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022140

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.