Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of study sample

	Total sample (n=894)		Males (n=437)		Females (n=457)		t or χ2
	n or M	% or SD	n or M	% or SD	n or M	% or SD
Marital status
Single	213	23.8	87	19.9	126	27.6
Married	606	67.8	347	79.4	259	56.7	82.25***
Widowed	67	7.5	2	0.5	65	14.2
Divorced	8	0.9	1	0.2	7	1.5
Employment
Not working	484	54.1	156	35.7	328	71.8
Irregular work	140	15.7	81	18.5	59	12.9	129.96***
Regular work	195	21.8	151	34.6	44	9.6
Self-employed	75	8.4	49	11.2	26	5.7
Education
None	422	47.2	150	34.3	272	59.5
Primary	257	28.8	155	35.5	102	22.3	56.02***
Secondary	161	18.0	98	22.4	63	13.8
Bachelor’s or higher	54	6.0	34	7.8	20	4.4
Disability	496	55.5	233	53.3	263	57.6	1.62
Age	39.34	14.90	43.15	14.80	35.69	14.10	−7.72***
Number of children	3.84	3.64	4.59	3.93	3.12	3.17	−6.19***
Number of traumas	5.36	3.36	6.36	3.28	4.41	3.16	−9.07***
Depression	1.40	0.56	1.26	0.54	1.54	0.54	7.77***
Anxiety	1.14	0.55	0.99	0.50	1.28	0.56	8.33***
Post-traumatic stress	1.15	0.49	1.06	0.46	1.24	0.50	5.59***
Perceived social support	4.33	1.66	4.38	1.60	4.28	1.72	−0.88
Social integration	6.61	2.27	6.66	2.19	6.56	2.34	−0.64
Frequency of social contact	1.43	1.48	1.78	1.61	1.09	1.26	−7.13***
Functioning	1.67	0.83	1.56	0.70	1.77	0.86	5.97***

^***p<.0001