Table 1 Demographic characteristics of BPD patients with and without PTSD
From: The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on the symptomatology of borderline personality disorder
| Total | PTSD absent | PTSD present | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age (M ± SD) | 28.6 ± 7.9 | 28.8 ± 7.9 | 28.1 ± 7.9 | 0.46 | |||
| Schooling | 0.08 | ||||||
| No schooling | 5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | |
| 9 years of schooling | 73 | 21.4 | 42 | 20.6 | 31 | 22.6 | |
| 10 years of schooling | 150 | 44.0 | 80 | 39.2 | 70 | 51.1 | |
| 12–13 years of schooling | 113 | 33.1 | 79 | 38.7 | 34 | 24.8 | |
| Education | 0.13 | ||||||
| Apprenticeship, University | 205 | 61.0 | 128 | 64.3 | 77 | 56.2 | |
| No degree | 131 | 39.0 | 71 | 35.7 | 60 | 43.8 | |
| Employment status | 0.48 | ||||||
| Employed | 86 | 25.2 | 54 | 26.6 | 32 | 23.2 | |
| Unemployed | 255 | 74.8 | 149 | 73.4 | 106 | 76.8 | |
| Marital status | 0.41 | ||||||
| Single, divorced/widowed | 273 | 82.2 | 164 | 83.7 | 109 | 80.1 | |
| Married | 59 | 17.8 | 32 | 16.3 | 27 | 19.9 | |