Table 1.
The distribution of the demographic variables according to rehospitalization events
| |
|
Total sample |
Rehospitalization |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||
| Age: Mean (standard deviation) |
39.4 years (12.4) |
39.6 years (12.4) |
39.18 (12.5) |
|
| Female: Frequency (%) |
201 (55.7%) |
75 (52.1%) |
126 (58%) |
|
| Education: Frequency (%) |
Illiterate |
8 (2.3%) |
4 (3%) |
4 (1.95) |
| Other |
5 (1.5%) |
2 (1.5%) |
3 (1.4%) |
|
| Primary |
73 (21%) |
32 (24.2%) |
41 (19.1%) |
|
| Secondary |
136 (39.2%) |
48 (36.4%) |
88 (40.9%) |
|
| Technical degree |
50 (14.4%) |
22 (16.7%) |
28 (13.0%) |
|
| University degree |
75 (21.6%) |
24 (18.2%) |
51 (23.7%) |
|
| Occupation in the last year: Frequency (%) |
Unemployed |
162 (45.55) |
66 (47.1%) |
96 (44.4%) |
| Employed |
149 (41.9%) |
62 (44.3%) |
87 (40.3%) |
|
| Student |
24 (6.7%) |
7 (5.0%) |
17 (7.9%) |
|
| Retired |
21 (5.9%) |
5 (3.6%) |
16 (7.4%) |
|
| Marital status: Frequency (%)* |
Married |
80 (22.3%) |
39 (27.3%) |
41 (19.0%) |
| Separated/divorced |
66 (18.4%) |
19 (13.3%) |
47 (21.8%) |
|
| Single |
170 (47.4%) |
64 (44.8%) |
106 (49.1%) |
|
| Common-law marriage |
43 (12.0%) |
21 (14.7%) |
22 (10.2%) |
|
| Persons they currently live with: Frequency (%) |
Institutionalized |
9 (2.5%) |
3 (2.1%) |
6 (2.8%) |
| Family members |
330 (92.2%) |
133 (93.7%) |
197 (91.2%) |
|
| Alone |
19 (5.3%) |
6 (4.2%) |
13 (6.0%) |
|
| Socio-economic strata: Frequency (%)* | 1-2 |
92 (38.7%) |
47 (47.5%) |
45 (32.4%) |
| 3-4 |
143 (60.1%) |
51 (51.5%) |
92 (66.2%) |
|
| 5-6 | 3 (1.3%) | 1 (1.0%) | 2 (1.4%) | |
*Fisher's exact test, p < 0.0.