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Table 1 General description of the population (in percentages) by sex. Spanish National Health Survey, 2006

From: Employment stability and mental health in Spain: towards understanding the influence of gender and partner/marital status

 

Men N = 6859

Women N = 5106

p

 

%

%

 

Poor mental health status

13.2

22.7

<  0.001

Employment stability

  

<  0.001

• Permanent civil servant

9.7

9.5

 

• Permanent contract

58.8

45.4

 

• Temporary contract

20.4

21.8

 

• No contract

1.4

6.6

 

• Unemployment = < 2 years

8.3

12.1

 

• Unemployment > 2 years

1.4

4.6

 

Partner/marital status

  

<  0.001

• Married

60.8

59.8

 

• Cohabiting

10.2

11.9

 

• Separated or divorced

2.8

6.8

 

• Single

25.7

19.9

 

• Widowed

0.5

1.6

 

Social class

  

NS

• Manual

58.3

57.4

 

Mean age (SD)

40.21

(10.03)

39.35

(9.55)

<  0.001

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