Table 3.

Socio-demographic characteristics of consecutively admitted female prisoners with and without history of previous psychiatric treatment

Socio-demographic characteristic	Total sample			No previous psychiatric treatment history			Previous psychiatric treatment
	N = 150	Mean	95% CI	N = 51	Mean	95% CI	N = 99	Mean	95% CI
Age		34	33-36		36	33-39		34	31-36
Previous imprisonments		1.2	0.9-1.5		0.9	0.5-1.4		1.4	1.1-1.8
		%			%			%
Living alone	139	93	88-97	43	84	74-94	96	97	93-100
Co-residing	11	7	3-12	8	16	6-26	3	44	0-7
Educational level
ISCED 0-2	89	59	51-67	29	57	43-71	60	61	51-71
ISCED 3-6	61	41	33-49	22	43	30-58	39	39	29-49
Employment
Unemployed	113	75	68-82	36	71	58-83	77	78	69-86
Employed	37	25	18-32	15	29	17-42	22	22	14-31
Income level
Below poverty line	119	79	73-86	40	78	67-90	79	80	72-87
Above poverty line	31	21	14-27	11	22	14-38	20	20	15-32
Family situation
Children	104	69	62-77	37	73	59-84	67	68	58-77
No children	46	31	23-38	14	28	15-40	32	32	24-42
Offense category
Failure to pay a fine	69	46	39-54	21	41	27-55	48	49	38-58
Theft/fraud	35	23	17-30	13	26	14-38	22	22	14-31
Remand prisoners	16	11	6-16	8	16	6-26	8	8	3-14
Violent crimes	15	10	5-15	3	6	0-13	12	12	6-19
Related to drugs	10	7	3-11	4	8	2-16	6	6	2-12
Related to immigration	6	4	1-7	3	6	0-13	3	3	0-7