Table 2.
Differences in the veterans’ perception of social support associated with different sociodemographic data.
| Imprisonment and Sociodemographic Characteristics | Low | Moderate | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | χ 2 | χ2Crit. (DF) 1 | p | |
| Imprisoned | |||||||||
| Yes | 44 | 48.9 | 32 | 35.6 | 14 | 15.6 | 9.760 | 5.991 (2) | 0.008 * |
| No | 116 | 68.6 | 38 | 22.5 | 15 | 8.9 | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| <45 | 17 | 70.8 | 7 | 29.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.960 | 12.592 (6) | 0.006 * |
| 45–54 | 80 | 62.0 | 36 | 27.9 | 13 | 10.1 | |||
| 55–64 | 59 | 67.0 | 17 | 19.3 | 12 | 13.6 | |||
| >64 | 4 | 22.2 | 10 | 55.6 | 4 | 22.2 | |||
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 31 | 79.5 | 4 | 10.3 | 4 | 10.3 | 7.616 | 9.488 (4) | 0.107 |
| Employed | 24 | 54.5 | 14 | 31.8 | 6 | 13.6 | |||
| Retired | 105 | 59.7 | 52 | 29.5 | 19 | 10.8 | |||
| Education | |||||||||
| Elementary school | 40 | 62.5 | 12 | 18.8 | 12 | 18.8 | 19.730 | 9.488 (4) | 0.001 * |
| High school | 111 | 64.5 | 44 | 25.6 | 17 | 9.9 | |||
| Higher education | 9 | 39.1 | 14 | 60.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Divorced or widower | 26 | 59.1 | 14 | 31.8 | 4 | 9.1 | 8.842 | 9.488 (4) | 0.065 |
| Unmarried | 29 | 65.9 | 15 | 34.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Married | 105 | 61.4 | 41 | 24.0 | 25 | 14.6 | |||
| Socioeconomic status | |||||||||
| Bad | 63 | 91.3 | 6 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 114.99 | 9.488 (4) | <0.001 * |
| Average | 93 | 57.4 | 58 | 35.8 | 11 | 6.8 | |||
| Good | 4 | 14.3 | 6 | 21.4 | 18 | 64.3 | |||
1 Chi-Square Critical Value (Degrees of Freedom). * p < 0.05.