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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics of the WMHS Portugal sample and sub-sample of participants with any mental disorder

From: The effect of socioeconomic position in the experience of disability among people with mental disorders: findings from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative Portugal

 

WMHS Portugal total sample (n = 3849)

Participants with any mental disorder (n = 788)

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics

n

%

n

%

Gendera

 Female

2217

51.6

596

70.1

 Male

1632

48.4

192

29.9

Employment statusb

 Working

1362

65.1

430

69.6

 Unemployed

172

6.8

40

8.3

 Retired and others

526

28.1

133

22.2

Financial deprivationb

 No

1311

66.8

410

58.9

 Yes

732

33.2

303

41.1

Subjective social statusa

 High

2463

65.1

482

62.4

 Low

1344

34.9

300

37.6

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Agea

46.38

16.88

42.82

15.19

Educationa

8.76

4.79

9.50

4.64

Clinical characteristics

n

%

n

%

12-month mental disordersb

 Any mental disorder

788

21.0

Physical disordersb

 Any physical disorder

1513

68.7

588

82.2

Disabilityb

 Presence of substantial disability

212

8.6

115

14.7

  1. Descriptive statistics of the study sample and sub-sample with any 12-month mental disorder
  2. SD standard deviation, WMHS World Mental Health Survey
  3. n: unweighted; %, mean, SD: weighted
  4. a Part I weight
  5. b Part II weight