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Table 2 Prevalence rates (%) of mental health disorders, isolation, and social support by gender and occupational status

From: Mental health of college students and their non-college-attending peers: results from a large French cross-sectional survey

 

Men n = 1136

Women n = 1288

Total n = 2424

 

Total Men

Workers

NENST

College students

Non-college-attending students

p Men

Total Women

Workers

NENST

College students

Non-college-attending students

p Women

Workers

NENST

College students

Non-college-attending students

p Total

p Gender

Psychological distress

8.19

8.10

8.13

7.99

8.84

0.988

17.24

15.53

20.98

16.67

19.51

0.376

11.58

15.04

13.13

14.51

0.342

0.001

Major depressive disorder

7.66

8.32

10.57

6.61

6.08

0.347

11.88

12.86

12.59

9.85

14.63

0.260

10.44

11.65

8.53

10.62

0.346

0.001

PTSD

2.11

1.28

6.50

1.93

1.66

0.004

5.67

5.34

11.19

3.79

7.32

0.004

3.18

9.02

3.03

4.66

0.001

0.001

Alcohol problem

8.99

8.10

12.20

9.14

8.84

0.571

2.41

1.94

4.90

1.89

2.93

0.174

5.22

8.27

4.83

5.70

0.182

0.001

Drug problem

16.08

15.42

18.70

16.07

16.02

0.855

6.06

6.31

5.59

5.69

6.86

0.929

11.15

11.65

9.91

11.17

0.778

0.001

Suicide attempt

0.35

0.21

1.63

0.28

0.00

0.840

1.47

0.97

2.80

1.33

1.95

0.417

0.57

2.26

0.90

1.04

0.100

0.004

Specific phobia

5.63

7.04

9.76

3.03

4.42

0.013

12.38

11.17

16.08

11.20

15.35

0.196

8.97

13.16

7.87

10.18

0.061

0.001

Agoraphobia

4.14

4.05

9.76

3.31

2.21

0.007

12.34

10.19

16.08

11.17

17.07

0.037

6.92

13.16

7.97

10.10

0.008

0.001

Panic disorder

4.84

3.41

3.25

7.44

4.42

0.043 a

9.70

10.19

8.39

9.85

9.27

0.930

6.58

6.02

8.87

6.99

0.215

0.001

Social phobia

4.93

4.69

8.13

3.31

6.63

0.116

8.25

7.30

10.49

7.77

9.85

0.514

5.91

9.40

5.95

8.33

0.092

0.001

One anxiety disorder

15.75

15.48

26.02

11.57

17.88

0.002

30.48

27.70

35.66

28.49

37.69

0.027

21.19

31.20

21.56

28.31

0.001

0.001

Any disorder and impairment in each role

3.92

3.07

6.49

3.09

6.25

0.231

4.13

3.57

10.75

3.60

1.75

0.006

3.30

8.82

3.39

4.13

0.009

0.834

Any disorder and impairment in one role

12.86

11.48

20.88

10.36

16.08

0.033

19.42

17.43

26.55

16.14

27.27

0.004

14.33

24.02

13.81

21.89

0.001

0.001

Mastery

16.20

16.31

15.70

16.48

15.72

0.057

16.05

15.22

16.35

15.73

16.23

0.008

16.23

15.44

16.40

15.72

0.001

0.540

Isolation

22.96

20.82

31.68

23.69

20.83

0.125

10.41

8.67

15.20

8.54

15.08

0.018

14.91

22.57

14.48

17.65

0.021

0.001

Social support

3.32

3.22

3.04

3.29

3.01

0.001

3.15

3.04

3.29

3.01

3.15

0.001

3.15

3.05

3.38

3.15

0.001

0.001

  1. Note: NENST neither employed nor students or trainees. Percentages are derived from cross-tabulations and chi-square tests
  2. aNS after Bonferroni correction
  3. Bold means p above 0.05