Distribution of independent variables by sex among respondents over 18 years in Taganrog, 1998
| Variable | Men | Women | Total |
| Education | |||
| Higher/inc. higher | 29.05 | 26.33 | 27.42 |
| Specialised secondary | 26.86 | 32.33 | 30.14 |
| Common secondary | 19.92 | 18.78 | 19.24 |
| Including secondary/vocational | 10.67 | 4.72 | 7.10 |
| Less than compulsory | 13.50 | 17.84 | 16.10 |
| χ2=34.95 p<0.001 | |||
| Social networks | |||
| Membership of organisation (%) | 44.22 | 35.85 | 39.20 |
| χ2=13.71 p<0.001 | |||
| Daily contact with neighbours (%) | 50.77 | 59.61 | 56.07 |
| χ2=14.79 p<0.001 | |||
| Family relations | |||
| Good, friendly | 58.23 | 57.20 | 57.61 |
| Normal, peaceful | 28.02 | 23.58 | 25.36 |
| Strained, nervous | 7.58 | 7.20 | 7.36 |
| Quarrels, conflicts | 2.31 | 2.66 | 2.52 |
| Household of one person | 3.86 | 9.35 | 7.15 |
| χ2=23.70 p<0.001 | |||
| Financial circumstances | |||
| Economic difficulties during childhood (%) | 40.00 | 41.00 | 40.57 |
| χ2=0.17 p>0.05 | |||
| Economic hardship the past 12 months (%) | |||
| Never | 28.28 | 27.53 | 27.83 |
| 1–2 times | 23.26 | 21.27 | 22.07 |
| 3–12 times | 34.58 | 35.85 | 35.34 |
| More than 12 times | 13.88 | 15.35 | 14.76 |
| χ2=1.83 p>0.05 | |||
| Worsening of material circumstances over the past 10 years (%) | 81.23 | 83.19 | 82.41 |
| χ2=1.23 p>0.05 | |||
| Life control | |||
| Life control (mean) | 5.72 | 5.42 | 5.54 |
| t=2.92 p<0.01 | |||