Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, self-perceived overall mental health status, and stressful event exposure reported by the participants (N = 470)
| n, % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Health Status | |||||
| Variables | M, SD | Total | Families with sick members | Families without sick members | p |
| Overall | 470 (100.0) | ||||
| Age | 30.72 (4.21) | ||||
| 18–25 | 50 (10.6) | 17 (12.0) | 33 (10.1) | .740 | |
| 26–30 | 180 (38.3) | 57 (40.1) | 123 (37.5) | ||
| 31–40 | 232 (49.4) | 65 (45.8) | 167 (50.9) | ||
| > 40 | 8 (1.7) | 3 (2.1) | 5 (1.5) | ||
| Civil Status | |||||
| Single | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.6) | .661 | |
| Married | 195 (41.5) | 59 (41.5) | 136 (41.5) | ||
| Cohabitating | 259 (55.1) | 77 (54.2) | 182 (55.5) | ||
| in a relationship | 12 (2.6) | 4 (2.8) | 8 (2.4) | ||
| Divorced | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Working Hours | |||||
| < 40 h per week | 156 (33.2) | 50 (35.2) | 106 (32.3) | .241 | |
| 40 h per week | 271 (57.7) | 75 (52.8) | 196 (59.8) | ||
| > 40 h per week | 43 (9.1) | 17 (12.0) | 26 (7.9) | ||
| Monthly Family Income | |||||
| < 40,000 SEK | 159 (33.8) | 38 (26.8) | 121 (36.9) | .052 | |
| 40,000 SEK | 198 (42.1) | 70 (49.3) | 128 (39.0) | ||
| > 40,000 SEK | 103 (21.9) | 28 (19.7) | 75 (22.9) | ||
| Educational Level | |||||
| No education | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.6) | .896 | |
| 9-year mandatory education | 10 (2.1) | 4 (2.8) | 6 (1.8) | ||
| High school | 96 (20.4) | 29 (20.4) | 67 (20.4) | ||
| Professional education | 79 (16.8) | 26 (18.3) | 53 (16.2) | ||
| Bachelor | 146 (31.1) | 40 (28.2) | 106 (32.3) | ||
| Masters | 127 (27.0) | 40 (28.2) | 87 (26.5) | ||
| Doctoral | 10 (2.1) | 3 (2.1) | 7 (2.1) | ||
| Overall Mental Health Status (1–10) | 4.61 (1.88) | ||||
| Healthy | 341 (72.6) | 89 (62.7) | 252 (76.8) | .002 | |
| Worsened Mental Health (≥6) | 129 (27.4) | 53 (37.3) | 76 (23.2) | ||
| Stressful event Exposure | |||||
| Giving Birth | 54 (11.5) | 15 (10.6) | 39 (11.9) | .679 | |
| Marriage | 33 (7.0) | 10 (7.0) | 23 (7.0) | .991 | |
| Divorce | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | N/A | |
| Death in families | 54 (11.5) | 20 (14.1) | 34 (10.4) | .246 | |
| Changing Career | 70 (14.9) | 19 (13.4) | 51 (15.5) | .544 | |
| Exams | 27 (5.7) | 8 (5.6) | 19 (5.8) | .946 | |
| Unemployment | 35 (7.4) | 12 (8.5) | 23 (7.0) | .585 | |
| Others | 131 (27.9) | 31 (21.8) | 100 (30.5) | .055 | |
| No. of stressful event exposure | |||||
| 0 | 181 (38.5) | 58 (40.8) | 123 (37.5) | .409 | |
| 1 | 195 (41.5) | 60 (42.3) | 135 (41.2) | ||
| 2 | 74 (15.7) | 18 (12.7) | 56 (17.1) | ||
| 3 | 19 (4.0) | 5 (3.5) | 14 (4.3) | ||
| 4 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | ||