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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of sample and related variables

From: Individual and regional association between socioeconomic status and uncertainty stress, and life stress: a representative nationwide study of China

Group

N

% sample

Uncertainty stress

Daily life stress

   

Prevalence (%)

UnadjustedOR

Prevalence (%)

UnadjustedOR

Age (years)

 < 20

1890

12.8

17.9

1.00

12.7

1.00

 20-

2388

32.3

21.2

1.23 (0.71,2.13)

9.0

0.76 (0.56,1.05)

 21-

2760

30.6

16.9

0.93 (0.59,1.47)

12.6

0.99 (0.60,1.65)

 22-

2448

14.4

18.7

1.06 (0.50,2.22)

10.2

0.78 (0.43,1.41)

 23-

3294

9.6

27.2

1.92 (1.02,3.06)*

13.1

1.04 (0.67,1.60)

Gender

 Male

4249

44.2

12.7

1.00

13.9

1.00

 Female

7693

55.8

2.9

0.69 (0.44,1.07)

9.6

0.66 (0.48,0.89)**

Father’s occupation

 Operation and commercial work

9450

71.5

21.4

1.00

12.3

1.00

 Staff and administration

1737

18.9

13.2

0.56 (0.33,0.93)*

6.3

0.48 (0.29,0.80)**

 Teacher, scientificand technical work

755

9.7

18.9

1.53 (0.90,2.60)

15.5

1.85 (0.98,5.32)

Mother’s occupation

 Operation and commercial work

9591

72.3

21.0

1.00

11.7

1.00

 Staff and administration

1546

16.8

16.7

0.76 (0.48,1.19)

6.6

0.54 (0.34,0.85)

 Teacher, scientific and technical work

805

10.9

14.8

0.65 (0.55,0.78)**

15.5

1.59 (0.94,2.71)

Grade

 1–2

4938

60.6

20.5

1.00

12.1

1.00

 3–4

6712

38.5

18.2

0.86 (0.58,1.27)

10.7

0.87 (0.52,1.49)

 5-

292

0.8

19.7

0.95 (0.63,1.45)

5.8

0.64 (0.39,1.07)

Ethnicity

 Han

11,136

94.4

19.5

1.00

11.4

1.00

 Minority

806

55.7

21.2

1.11 (0.67.1.83)

13.8

1.25 (0.72,2.16)

Academic major

 Medical

10,507

17.7

201.

1.00

12.0

1.00

 Others

1435

82.3

19.5

0.97 (0.74,1.28)

11.4

0.95 (0.78,1.14)

Income in each person in family(RMB)

 < 10,000

1181

34.3

19.8

1.00

11.1

1.00

 10,000

1273

21.7

21.0

1.65 (0.55,5.00)

14.8

1.39 (0.66,2.96)

 20,000+

1932

44.0

14.4

0.68 (0.49,0.95)*

11.6

1.06 (0.47,2.38)

Regional variables

 Family location

  Rural or township

3350

59.6

19.4

1.00

10.9

1.00

  County town

760

17.2

30.1

1.79 (1.07,2.99)*

18.3

1.83 (0.92,3.61)

  City

898

23.2

11.6

0.55 (0.48,0.67)**

10.7

0.98 (0.49,10.7)

Original region GDP

  

4.55 0.1027

   

 <50,000

5981

51.8

923.1

1.00

12.8

1.00

 50,000

359

26.3

16.8

0.68 (0.45,1.02)

8.6

0.64 (0.43,1.08)

 100.000

2402

22.0

14.9

0.84 (0.76,0.92)**

11.7

0.97 (0.87,1.08)

University city GDP

  

1.71 0.4253

   

 <50,000

4055

16.1

21.3

1.00

12.1

1.00

 50,000

6371

61.1

20.0

0.93 (0.57,1.52)

12.0

0.99 (0.64,1.56)

 100.000

1516

22.8

17.0

0.76 (0.50,1.13)

9.6

0.78 (0.47,1.25)

  1. *P<0.05, **P<0.01