Associations of adverse childhood experiences with common psychiatric disorder in later life: results from the China mental health survey

Table 2 Demographic characteristics for participants^a

Demographic characteristics		Count	%
Age range	60–69	1642	57.9
	70–79	554	35.0
	80+	121	7.1
Sex	Female	1202	51.0
	Male	1115	49.0
Marital status	Married	1788	81.3
	Separated/Widowed/Divorced/never married	529	18.7
Employment status	Employment	246	12.7
	Retired	517	23.4
	Other*	1554	63.9
Education	Below primary school	1145	54.2
	Primary school	591	26.0
	Junior high school	380	13.2
	Senior high school and above	201	6.6
Region	Eastern	796	37.6
	Central	818	33.9
	Western	703	28.5
Area of residence	Rural	1304	56.9
	Urban	1013	43.1
Number of physical diseases	No physical disease	793	36.7
	1–2 physical diseases	1008	42.8
	3 and more physical diseases	516	20.5
Past-year anxiety disorder	No	2068	94.0
	Yes	249	6.0
Past-year mood disorder	No	2053	94.6
	Yes	264	5.4
Past-year substance use disorder	No	2212	96.5
	Yes	105	3.5
Any past-year psychiatric disorder	No	497	12.3
	Yes	1820	87.7

Note: other*: Includes searching for work(not employed), temporarily out of work, homemaker, never worked, etc
^a:All analyses were based on weighted data

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