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Table 2 Comparison of responses by gender and household income level.

From: Psychosocial stress and strategies for managing adversity: measuring population resilience in New South Wales, Australia

Coping Strategies

Gender

Income

 
 

Male

Female

 

<AUD$40 k

>AUD$40 k

 
 

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

P values

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

P values

Family and self

49.7

(46.3-53.2)

53.7

(51.0-56.4)

0.075

39.8

(36.3-43.3)

60.1

(57.0-63.2)

<0.001

Friends and neighbours

17.0

(14.5-19.9)

24.9

(22.6-27.4)

<0.001

15.9

(13.5-18.7)

23.7

(21.1-26.5)

<0.001

Emotional and philosophical

18.5

(16.3-21.1)

16.2

(14.6-18.2)

0.118

22.6

(20.2-25.2)

16.0

(13.9-18.3)

<0.001

Religious and spiritual

7.3

(5.8-9.3)

13.8

(12.2-15.6)

<0.001

14.9

(12.8-17.4)

8.9

(7.3-10.8)

<0.001

Leisure interests and hobbies

6.5

(5.1-8.4)

6.0

(4.7-7.7)

0.645

6.7

(5.0-8.9)

5.6

(4.3-7.3)

0.364

Positive lifestyle

3.6

(2.4-5.3)

4.1

(3.2-5.2)

0.536

3.5

(2.5-4.9)

4.6

(3.4-6.2)

0.242

Wider social support

2.9

(2.0-4.3)

3.9

(3.1-5.0)

0.182

3.7

(2.7-4.9)

3.1

(2.2-4.2)

0.422

Practical

3.9

(2.7-5.9)

2.8

(2.1-3.7)

0.146

3.1

(2.3-4.2)

3.9

(2.7-5.6)

0.339

Sport and physical activity

3.3

(2.2-4.8)

2.2

(1.5-3.1)

0.131

1.7

(1.1-2.6)

3.5

(2.5-4.9)

0.009

Drinking and smoking

2.9

(1.9-4.2)

1.3

(0.8-2.1)

0.011

1.7

(0.9-3.4)

2.4

(1.7-3.5)

0.387

Pets

0.5

(0.1-1.7)

1.1

(0.7-1.7)

0.266

1.1

(0.4-3.0)

0.7

(0.4-1.2)

0.366

Financial

1.3

(0.6-2.5)

0.3

(0.1-0.8)

0.011

0.5

(0.2-1.1)

0.8

(0.4-1.8)

0.299

Professional help

0.4

(0.1-0.9)

0.8

(0.4-1.4)

0.191

0.9

(0.4-1.9)

0.6

(0.3-1.2)

0.460

Medication

0.2

(0.1-0.6)

0.2

(0.1-0.6)

0.945

0.3

(0.1-0.6)

0.3

(0.1-0.7)

0.743