Table 3.
The associations between the sociodemographic variables and psychological distress (N = 2161).
| N (%) | Psychological Distress by GHQ-12 |
Statistical | Odds Ratio (Confidence Interval at the 95 Level) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YES | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1015 (47.0) | 45.4 | 54.6 | 52.069 * | 1.908 |
| Female | 1146 (53.0) | 30.4 | 69.6 | (1.600, 2.276) | |
| Age (median = 32) (N = 2143) | 0.855 (0.718, 1.019) |
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| 32 or younger | 1137 (53.1) | 35.8 | 64.2 | 3.062 | |
| Older than 32 | 1006 (46.9) | 39.5 | 60.5 | ||
| Marital status | 1.079 (0.906, 1.285) |
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| With a partner | 979 (45.3) | 38.4 | 61.6 | 0.719 | |
| Without a partner | 1182 (54.7) | 36.6 | 63.4 | ||
| Educational level | 1.524 (1.205, 1.926) |
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| Without university studies | 337 (15.6) | 46.0 | 54.0 | 12.484 * | |
| University studies or higher | 1824 (84.4) | 35.9 | 64.1 | ||
| Children | 1.127 (0.946, 1.342) |
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| Yes | 1127 (52.2) | 38.8 | 61.2 | 1.803 | |
| No | 1034 (47.8) | 36.0 | 64.0 | ||
| Pet | 1.059 (0.888, 1.262) |
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| Yes | 1221 (56.5) | 38.2 | 61.8 | 0.405 | |
| No | 940 (43.5) | 36.9 | 63.1 | ||
| Job situation | - | ||||
| Self-employed | 326 (15.1) | 39.0 | 61.0 | 5.760 | |
| Public employee | 974 (45.1) | 34.7 | 65.3 | ||
| Working for a private company | 861 (39.8) | 40.0 | 62.6 | ||
| Teleworking or not | 0.923 (0.775, 1.099) |
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| From home | 1141 (52.8) | 36.5 | 63.5 | 0.817 | |
| Away from home | 1020 (47.2) | 38.4 | 61.6 | ||
* p < 0.001.