Table 1.
Demographics: statistics are the t-test for continuous measures and the Fisher's Exact Test for categorical measures.
| Demographic measures | Bipolar disorders | Comparison | |||||
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| N = 32 | N = 44 | Group effect | |||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | t | df | p | |
| Age | 41.6 | (13.2) | 42.2 | (14.3) | 0.17 | 74 | 0.869 |
| Hollingshead occupation code | 7.4 | (1.5) | 8.1 | (1.2) | 2.10 | 67 | 0.040∗ |
| Hollingshead SES | 55.6 | (8.6) | 60.1 | (6.7) | 2.43 | 67 | 0.018∗ |
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| % | N | % | N | Fisher's Exact p | |||
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| Gender (female % and N) | 50 | (16) | 41 | (18) | 0.488 | ||
| Education level | |||||||
| High school/GED | 3 | (1) | 0 | (0) | |||
| Some college | 9 | (3) | 7 | (3) | |||
| B.A./B.S. degree | 47 | (15) | 36 | (16) | |||
| Graduate school | 41 | (13) | 57 | (25) | 0.364 | ||
| Current employment status | |||||||
| Retired | 9 | (3) | 5 | (2) | 0.644 | ||
| Homemaker | 16 | (5) | 2 | (1) | 0.077t | ||
| Unemployed | 16 | (5) | 9 | (4) | 0.480 | ||
| Student | 9 | (3) | 14 | (6) | 0.726 | ||
| Race | |||||||
| White | 88 | (28) | 96 | (42) | |||
| Black | 3 | (1) | 0 | (0) | |||
| Asian/PAC. ISL | 3 | (5) | 5 | (2) | |||
| Other | 6 | (2) | 0 | (0) | 0.215 | ||
| Hispanic | 13 | (4) | 2 | (1) | 0.233 | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 38 | (12) | 48 | (21) | |||
| Single | 53 | (17) | 46 | (20) | |||
| Widowed/divorced | 9 | (3) | 7 | (3) | 0.678 | ||
| Live-in partner | 56 | (18) | 57 | (25) | 1.0 | ||
| Religion | |||||||
| Protestant | 28 | (9) | 30 | (13) | |||
| Catholic | 19 | (6) | 14 | (6) | |||
| Jewish | 28 | (9) | 43 | (19) | |||
| Other | 6 | (2) | 7 | (3) | |||
| None | 19 | (6) | 7 | (3) | 0.460 | ||
∗indicates significance and ttrend.