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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: The psychological impact of a dual-disaster caused by earthquakes and radioactive contamination in Ichinoseki after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ā 

Mean (SE)

n

(%)

Gender

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Male

Ā 

402

(44.7)

ā€ƒā€‰Female

Ā 

498

(55.3)

Age, year

59.32 (0.50)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Young: 20-39

Ā 

115

(12.8)

ā€ƒā€‰Middle-aged: 40-59

Ā 

269

(29.9)

ā€ƒā€‰Elderly: 60+

Ā 

516

(57.3)

Education

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰University graduates or higher

Ā 

100

(11.1)

ā€ƒā€‰High school/Technical college/Two-year college

Ā 

594

(66.0)

ā€ƒā€‰Junior high school or less

Ā 

206

(22.9)

Employment status

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Permanent employee

Ā 

451

(50.1)

ā€ƒā€‰Non-permanent employee/House keeper/Student

Ā 

206

(22.9)

ā€ƒā€‰Unemployed/Retired

Ā 

243

(27.0)

Number of house occupants

3.19 (0.06)

Ā Ā 

(People including the respondent)

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰5+

Ā 

191

(21.2)

ā€ƒā€‰3-4

Ā 

332

(36.9)

ā€ƒā€‰1-2

Ā 

377

(41.9)

House damage due to earthquakes

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Nothing

Ā 

383

(42.6)

ā€ƒā€‰Damaged (partially/half-collapsed/fully-collapsed)

Ā 

517

(57.4)

Anxiety about radioactive contamination

1.75 (0.03)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Low anxiety (0 nothing/1 slightly)

Ā 

406

(45.1)

ā€ƒā€‰High anxiety (2 moderately/3 strongly)

Ā 

494

(54.9)

Psychological distress (K6 score: 0-24)

5.38 (0.18)

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Not distressed (<5)

Ā 

468

(52.0)

ā€ƒā€‰Distressed (5ā€‰=ā€‰<)

Ā 

432

(48.0)