|
Variables
|
Political detainees (n = 59)
|
Control subjects (n = 39)
|
p
|
|---|
|
Gender
| | |
n.s.
|
|
Male
|
98% (58)
|
92% (36)
| |
|
Female
|
2% (1)
|
8% (3)
| |
|
Highest education level
| | |
< 0.001
|
|
Primary school
|
0% (0)
|
8% (3)
| |
|
Secondary school
|
2% (1)
|
28% (11)
| |
|
High school
|
25% (15)
|
28% (11)
| |
|
Technical college
|
15% (9)
|
10% (4)
| |
|
University
|
58% (34)
|
26% (10)
| |
|
Marital status
| | |
n.s
|
|
Single
|
3% (2)
|
0% (0)
| |
|
Married
|
83% (49)
|
87% (34)
| |
|
Divorced
|
2% (1)
|
3% (1)
| |
|
Widowed
|
12% (7)
|
10% (4)
| |
|
Occupational status
| | |
n.s.
|
|
Employed
|
14% (8)
|
23% (9)
| |
|
Retired
|
86% (51)
|
77% (30)
| |
|
WWII veterans
|
17% (10)
|
18% (7)
|
n.s.
|
|
Psychiatric history of the family
|
14% (8)
|
18% (7)
|
n.s.
|
|
Former psychiatric illness
|
3% (2)
|
10% (4)
|
n.s.
|
|
Other traumas
|
3.4 (1.5)
|
2.8 (1.3)
|
n.s.
|
|
War zone exposure
|
86% (51)
|
82% (32)
|
n.s.
|
|
Accident
|
61% (36)
|
59% (23)
|
n.s.
|
|
Natural disaster
|
46% (27)
|
49% (19)
|
n.s.
|
|
Witnessing injury
|
31% (18)
|
23% (9)
|
n.s.
|
|
Sexual abuse
|
2% (1)
|
0% (0)
|
n.s.
|
|
Physical assault
|
59% (35)
|
21% (18)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Trauma that happened to someone close
|
56% (33)
|
44% (17)
|
n.s.
|
- 1Frequencies for percentages and standard deviations for means are presented in parentheses
