|
| Psychiatric patients | Non-psychiatric patients | p-value | ||
| Number (N = 70) | Percentage (%) | Number (N = 61) | Percentage (%) | ||
| Gender |
|
|
|
| 0.964 |
| Male | 37 | 52.9 | 32 | 52.5 |
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
| 0.931 |
| Chinese | 62 | 88.6 | 51 | 83.6 |
|
| Non-Chinese | 8 | 11.4 | 10 | 16.4 |
|
| Education Level |
|
|
|
| 0.305 |
| Primary to Secondary | 38 | 54.3 | 26 | 42.6 |
|
| Junior college/Polytechnic | 12 | 17.1 | 18 | 29.5 |
|
| Tertiary (University) | 20 | 28.6 | 17 | 27.9 |
|
| Employment Status |
|
|
|
| 0.012 |
| Employed | 38 | 54.3 | 47 | 77.0 |
|
| Unemployed | 7 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| Not in labour force | 25 | 35.7 | 14 | 23.0 |
|
| Marital Status |
|
|
|
| 0.172 |
| Never married | 19 | 27.1 | 15 | 24.6 |
|
| Married | 41 | 58.6 | 42 | 68.9 |
|
| Divorced or separated | 5 | 7.1 | 4 | 6.6 |
|
| Widowed | 5 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
|
| Religion |
|
|
|
| 0.483 |
| Christianity | 24 | 34.3 | 20 | 32.8 |
|
| Muslim | 2 | 2.9 | 6 | 9.8 |
|
| Buddhist or Taoist | 25 | 35.7 | 23 | 37.7 |
|
| Hindu | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.6 |
|
| No religion | 17 | 24.3 | 11 | 18.0 |
|