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Table 1 Sociodemographic data and clinical characteristics of study subjects

From: The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity and its relationship to the severity of alcohol dependence in the population of rural south India

Socio demographic variables

Psychiatric comorbidity

Total

p value

Absent

Present

67

33

100

Age (years)

15–30

14

8

22

0.888 (N.S)

31–45

32

16

48

> 45

21

9

30

Sex

Male

43

22

65

0.806 (N.S)

Female

24

11

35

Socio-economic status

Upper

1

0

1

0.829 (N.S)

Upper middle

6

3

9

Lower middle

15

5

20

Upper lower

31

16

47

Lower

14

9

23

Employment

Employed

41

13

54

0.040

Unemployed

26

20

46

  1. Unemployment was significantly associated with the presence of psychiatric comorbidity