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Table 3 Distribution in excess days of unemployment by psychological distress level among Ghanaian adults (N = 5,391)

From: Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity

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n

Number unemployed

Percent unemployed

Excess percent unemployed

FTE*

Mild/No Psychological Distress

4,274

283

6.6%

Reference

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Moderate Psychological Distress

701

124

17.7%

11.1%

78

Severe Psychological Distress

416

129

31.0%

24.4%

101

Total Excess Unemployment (FTE)

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179

  1. *Individual full-time work equivalent units (FTE) correspond to excess percentage multiplied by n for each level of psychological distress.