Period poverty and mental health in a representative sample of young women in Barcelona, Spain

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Characteristics of young women (15–34 y. o.) and the association with the risk of poor mental health (GHQ-12 > = 3) (N = 647)

	Sample		Poor mental health			Sample		Poor mental health
	%	N	%	N		%	N	%	N
GHQ-12 ≥ 3					Labour status
Yes	45.1	292			Studying	32.6	211	39.8	84
No	54.9	355			Working	48.7	315	39.0	123
Period poverty					Unemployed	10.1	65	67.7	44
Yes	15.3	99	62.6	62	Inactive	3.5	23	52.2	12
No	84.7	548	50.0	230	ERTE	4.0	26	57.7	15
Self-rated health status					No info	1.1	7	71.4	5
Positive	91.0	589	41.4	244	Income
Negative	9.0	58	82.6	48	Q1	17.1	111	63.1	70
Age					Q2	16.7	108	45.3	49
15 to 19 years	16.7	108	42.6	46	Q3	18.2	118	39.8	47
20 to 24 years	21.5	139	43.9	61	Q4	17.2	111	31.5	35
25 to 29 years	30.9	200	44.5	89	No info	30.8	199	41.3	82
30 to 34 years	30.9	200	48.0	96	Material deprivation scale
Origin					None	43.7	283	37.1	105
Spain	55.5	359	43.2	155	One item	21.8	141	36.9	52
Other EU countries	7.4	48	56.3	27	Two items	12.8	83	50.6	42
Latin America	31.4	203	45.3	92	Three or more items	13.3	86	70.9	61
Other	5.7	37	48.6	18	No info	8.4	54	42.6	23
Living arrangements
Alone	9.1	59	49.2	29
Father/mother	33.4	216	46.3	100
Partner	21.6	140	37.9	53
Partner and children	7.6	49	42.9	21
Friends/flatmates	17.6	114	45.6	52
Other family members	9.3	60	56.7	34
Other no family members	1.4	9	33.3	3

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