Table 1.
Characteristics of participants of one surveyed town in Akita Prefecture, Japan.
| Variables | Men (n = 4720) |
Women (n = 5188) |
p Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.027 | ||
| 30–39 | 692 (14.7) | 771 (14.9) | |
| 40–49 | 821 (17.4) | 990 (19.1) | |
| 50–59 | 1282 (27.2) | 1412 (27.2) | |
| 60–69 | 1092 (23.1) | 1074 (20.7) | |
| 70–79 | 833 (17.6) | 941 (18.1) | |
| Living alone | 0.046 | ||
| Yes | 200 (4.2) | 264 (5.1) | |
| No | 4520 (95.8) | 4924 (94.9) | |
| Marital status | < 0.001 | ||
| Single | 597 (12.6) | 249 (4.8) | |
| Married | 3765 (79.8) | 3970 (76.5) | |
| Marital separation/bereaved/divorced | 358 (7.6) | 969 (18.7) | |
| Employment status | < 0.001 | ||
| Employee | 2358 (50.0) | 2227 (42.9) | |
| Self-employed business | 1462 (31.0) | 756 (14.6) | |
| Unemployed | 900 (19.1) | 2205 (42.5) | |
| Educational background (years) | < 0.001 | ||
| Compulsory education (9) | 1358 (28.8) | 1614 (31.1) | |
| High school education (12) | 2714 (57.5) | 3062 (59.0) | |
| Junior college graduate (14) | 149 (3.2) | 293 (5.6) | |
| University graduate and higher (> 16) | 499 (10.6) | 219 (4.2) | |
| Psychological distress | 0.001 | ||
| Low (K6b < 13) | 4590 (97.2) | 4985 (96.1) | |
| High (K6 > 13) | 130 (2.8) | 203 (3.9) |
a
For values of chi-square.
b
The Japanese version of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.