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Table 3 Correlations between social indicators and state anxiety score of Chinese military, weighted for sample size, 1995–2011

From: Changes of anxiety in Chinese military personnels over time: a cross-temporal meta-analysis

Social indicators

5 years prior

Actual year

Economic conditions

  

Unemployment rate

0.24

0.28*

Military expenditure

0.27*

0.24

Overall threat

  

Crime rate

0.31*

0.50**

Per capita health expenditure

0.29*

0.17

PRSSG

0.36**

0.26*

Social connectedness

  

Divorce rate

0.10

0.22

Z total

0.26a

0.50**

  1. Note: PRSSG = Promotion Rate of Senior School Graduates; Z total was a combined Z score of all the social indicators; n varies from 35 to 55 because of missing value of social indicators for some years; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ap = 0.055.