Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of BPD patients with and without PTSD

	Total		PTSD absent		PTSD present		P
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (M ± SD)	28.6 ± 7.9		28.8 ± 7.9		28.1 ± 7.9		0.46
Schooling							0.08
No schooling	5	1.5	3	1.5	2	1.5
9 years of schooling	73	21.4	42	20.6	31	22.6
10 years of schooling	150	44.0	80	39.2	70	51.1
12–13 years of schooling	113	33.1	79	38.7	34	24.8
Education							0.13
Apprenticeship, University	205	61.0	128	64.3	77	56.2
No degree	131	39.0	71	35.7	60	43.8
Employment status							0.48
Employed	86	25.2	54	26.6	32	23.2
Unemployed	255	74.8	149	73.4	106	76.8
Marital status							0.41
Single, divorced/widowed	273	82.2	164	83.7	109	80.1
Married	59	17.8	32	16.3	27	19.9

Valid numbers and percentages (i.e., not including missing data) are presented