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Table 4 Correlations between social indicators and trait anxiety score of Chinese military, weighted for sample size, 1991–2011

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

-0.17

0.45***

Military expenditure

-0.15

0.06

Overall threat

  

Crime rate

0.01

0.70***

Per capita health expenditure

-0.09

0.03

PRSSG

0.05

0.46***

Social connectedness

  

Divorce rate

-0.23

0.11

Z total

-0.15

0.68***

  1. Note: PRSSG = Promotion Rate of Senior School Graduates; Z total was a combined Z score of all the social indicators; n varies from 38 to 53 because of missing value of social indicators for some years; ***p < 0.001.