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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and additional mental disorders

From: Measurement invariance on two self-report instruments for men and women with borderline personality disorder

Characteristics

Men (%)

Women (%)

School education

 In school

3 (0.6)

68 (2.4)

 No school-leaving qualification

13 (2.5)

68 (2.4)

 Special needs qualification

8 (1.5)

26 (0.9)

 Lower-track school leaving qualification

131 (25.3)

545 (19.5)

 Medium-track school leaving qualification

215 (41.5)

1233 (44.2)

 University-entrance-level school-leaving qualification

137 (26.4)

791 (28.4)

 No information

11 (2.1)

57 (2.0)

Employment status

 Unemployed

192 (37.1)

1080 (38.7)

 Full time

136 (26.3)

434 (15.6)

 Part time

20 (3.9)

247 (8.9)

 Marginally employed

8 (1.5)

81 (2.9)

 Housewife/husband/Student/In training

48 (9.3)

397 (14.2)

 Pensioner

101 (19.5)

473 (17.0)

 No information

12 (2.3)

76 (2.7)

Prior outpatient treatments

 Outpatient psychiatric

140 (51.3)

56.4)

 Outpatient psychotherapeutic

362 (69.9)

1977 (70.9)

Mental disorders

 Affective disorders

506 (90.4)

2663 (90.4)

 Social anxiety disorder

100 (17.9)

517 (17.5)

 Other anxiety disorders

30 (5.4)

208 (7.1)

 Somatoform disorders

48 (8.6)

201 (6.8)

 Eating disorders

44 (7.9)

910 (30.9)

 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

50 (8.9)

503 (17.1)

 Avoidant PD

27 (4.8)

172 (5.8)

 Obsessive-compulsive PD

18 (3.2)

40 (1.4)

 Histrionic PD

12 (2.1)

27 (0.9)

 Other PD according to ICD-10 (F60.8)

49 (8.8)

32 (1.1)

  1. PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PD Personality Disorder; the table lists only those additional PDs for which the percentage was over 1% of the total sample