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Table 2 Distribution of age, civil status, occupation, and education attainment for the BPD clusters

From: Cluster analysis of personality traits in psychiatric patients with borderline personality disorder

 

Lower psychopathology

cluster, n (%)

Externalizing cluster, n (%)

Internalizing

cluster, n (%)

Post-hoc

Civil status1

 Single

31 (46.3%)

13 (46.4%)

17 (37.8%)

 

 In a relationship

36 (53.7%)

15 (53%)

28 (62.2%)

 

Occupation2

 Working/studying

44 (65.7%)

17 (60.7%)

19 (42.2%)

C < A*

 Not working/studying

23 (34.3%)

11 (39.3%)

26 (57.8%)

A < C*

Educational attainment3

 Primary school

19 (28.4%)

3 (10.7%)

11 (25.6%)

 

 Secondary school

32 (47.8%)

19 (67.9%)

28 (65.1%)

 

 Post-secondary education

16 (23.9%)

6 (21.4%)

4 (9.3%)

 

Gender

 Female

58 (86.6%)

25 (89.3%)

42 (91.3%)

 

 Male

9 (13.4%)

3 (10.7%)

4 (8.7%)

 

Mean age (SD)

26.8 (8.3)

26.6 (6.4)

26.7 (5.9)

 
  1. Note. *p < 0.05, 1 n = 140, 2 n = 140 3, n = 138. Bonferroni’s post-hoc test was used for group comparisons