Table 3.

Demographic characteristics by the GHQ-12, PTSD and negative coping (n = 584)

Variable		GHQ-12		PTSD		Negative Coping
		M ± SD	P	M ± SD	P	M ± SD	P
Gender
	Female	11.55 ± 6.14	<0.01	26.74 ± 8.89	<0.01	19.15 ± 5.00	<0.01
	Male	12.85 ± 6.66		29.27 ± 13.58		20.44 ± 6.05
Age
	14–20	12.45 ± 6.48	0.48	26.35 ± 9.96	0.28	19.73 ± 6.03	0.87
	21–30	11.99 ± 6.33		28.10 ± 11.37		19.59 ± 5.28
	31–35	10.61 ± 6.75		28.06 ± 7.36		20.22 ± 5.54
Educational Level			<0.001		<0.05		0.05
	Junior high school or below	18.39 ± 4.77		32.50 ± 15.08		17.06 ± 5.92
	High school or secondary school	12.72 ± 5.37		32.75 ± 17.44		20.81 ± 6.29
	Undergraduate or college	11.94 ± 6.32		27.16 ± 10.10		19.79 ± 5.29
	Master’s degree or above	10.92 ± 6.58		27.76 ± 10.90		18.87 ± 5.77
Marital Status			<0.05		<0.01		0.42
	Single	12.00 ± 6.32		27.44 ± 10.63		19.57 ± 5.48
	Married/Cohabitating	11.65 ± 6.51		30.28 ± 12.95		20.47 ± 4.90
	Divorced/widowed	21.00 ± 8.29		44.75 ± 24.90		22.25 ± 5.91
Occupation			0.40		<0.01		0.13
	Student	11.83 ± 6.27		27.18 ± 10.12		19.53 ± 5.36
	Medical staff	9.70 ± 7.39		29.35 ± 7.59		18.64 ± 3.29
	Business	13.77 ± 8.33		37.41 ± 20.51		21.68 ± 7.15
	Enterprise employee	13.22 ± 6.08		27.70 ± 12.16		19.95 ± 5.73
	Other	12.78 ± 5.50		27.79 ± 8.77		19.68 ± 5.84
Monthly average disposable income			0.40		0.05		0.66
	<2000 RMB	11.85 ± 6.32		26.89 ± 9.69		19.57 ± 5.31
	2001–3000 RMB	11.57 ± 6.09		29.75 ± 12.86		19.98 ± 5.63
	3001–4000 RMB	12.98 ± 5.75		31.16 ± 14.64		19.91 ± 5.29
	4001–5000 RMB	13.37 ± 7.33		28.19 ± 6.56		17.87 ± 6.46
	>5001 RMB	13.28 ± 7.25		28.00 ± 14.53		20.07 ± 6.33