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Table 2 Characteristics of the subjects by sex: %

From: Associations of social and material deprivation with tobacco, alcohol, and psychotropic drug use, and gender: a population-based study

 

Men

Women

p-value

 

(n = 2,959)

(n = 3,257)

 

Age (yr)

  

0.002

   ≤29

21.5

24.5

 

   30–39

21.8

20.1

 

   40–49

17.8

15.1

 

   50–59

12.6

12.0

 

   60–69

14.5

15.0

 

   ≥70

11.8

13.3

 

Deprivation (D)

   

   Low educational level (primary school)

26.4

32.1

<0.001

   Manual worker

27.0

9.5

<0.001

   Low perceived income (with difficulties)

8.8

9.0

0.74

   Living alone

7.7

15.0

<0.001

   Unemployed

3.1

4.6

<0.001

   Foreign nationality (other than Western European)

2.4

1.8

0.11

   Not home-owner

36.9

40.9

<0.001

   D score

  

0.01

   0

32.9

29.9

 

   1

35.7

39.1

 

   2

20.9

21.5

 

   ≥3

10.5

9.5

 

Tobacco use

30.2

21.9

<0.001

Alcohol abuse

12.5

3.3

<0.001

Frequent use of psychotropic drugs

23.8

41.0

<0.001

   Tiredness

3.1

6.1

<0.001

   Headache

13.7

25.9

<0.001

   Insomnia

6.2

11.0

<0.001

   Nervousness or anxiety

5.9

13.6

<0.001