TABLE 1.
Group characteristics of male and female in-patients with schizophrenia.
| Men (n = 29) | Women (n = 29) | |||
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M (SD)/ prevalence in % |
M (SD)/ prevalence in % |
U/χ 2 | Significance level (p) | |
| Age (years) | 41.0 (9.3) | 43.9 (12.4) | 365.0a | 0.388 |
| Education level | ||||
| Education to end of 9th grade (“Hauptschule”) | 75.9% | 44.8% | 11.510b | 0.021* |
| Education to end of 9th grade (“Realschule”) | 17.2% | 27.6% | ||
| Education to end of 12th or 13th grade (“Abitur”) and higher education | 6.9% | 27.8% | ||
| Age of onset (years) | 27.3 (8.4) | 28.5 (12.3) | 397.5a | 0.892 |
| Duration of illness (years) | 13.6 (6.2) | 16.0 (11.1) | 366.5a | 0.528 |
| Number of hospitalizations | 7.9 (9.0) | 7.5 (7.5) | 413.0a | 0.907 |
| Body mass index | 26.6 (7.1) | 27.8 (6.4) | 405.0a | 0.987 |
| Family status | ||||
| Single | 89.7% | 58.6% | 10.284b | 0.016* |
| Married | 3.4% | 10.3% | ||
| Divorced/widowed | 6.9% | 31.0% | ||
| Profession | ||||
| Untrained | 37.9% | 58.6% | ||
| Trained worker | 48.3% | 17.2% | 6.367b | 0.041* |
| Employee | 13.8% | 24.1% | ||
| Family psychiatric history | ||||
| Schizophrenia | 50.0% | 20.7% | 8.996b | 0.011* |
| Other psychiatric disorders | 3.8% | 31.0% | ||
| Age at first imprisonment (years) | 31.05 (9.7) | 38.1 (12.0) | 209.0a | 0.036* |
| Offense characteristics | ||||
| Property offense | 24.1% | 3.4% | 6.078b | 0.014* |
| Traffic offense | 13.8% | 0.0% | 4.811b | 0.028* |
| Arson | 6.9% | 27.6% | 3.881b | 0.049* |
| Offense committed under the influence of a substance | 6.9% | 41.4% | 8.199b | 0.004** |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
aMann–Whitney-U.
bChi-square χ2 (Pearson).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 (asymptotic, two-tailed).