Table 2.
Differences in depressive symptom severity stratified by demographic characteristics.
| N | Depressiona |
P | Partial ƞ2 | 95 % CI for Mean |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Lower limit | Upper limit | ||||
| Age | <0.001 | 0.083 | ||||
| 18–39 years | 4307 | 8.82 (6.42) | 8.63 | 9.00 | ||
| 40–59 years | 5227 | 6.62 (5.72) | 6.47 | 6.78 | ||
| 60 years or above | 4735 | 4.51 (4.94) | 4.37 | 4.65 | ||
| Gender | <0.001 | 0.005 | ||||
| Male | 6729 | 6.09 (5.91) | 5.94 | 6.23 | ||
| Female | 7540 | 6.94 (5.92) | 6.80 | 7.07 | ||
| Educational levels | <0.001 | 0.007 | ||||
| Secondary level or below | 9206 | 6.96 (6.15) | 6.83 | 7.08 | ||
| Tertiary level or above | 5063 | 5.89 (5.51) | 5.75 | 6.04 | ||
| Monthly household incomeb | <0.001 | 0.007 | ||||
| HDK25,000 or below | 6550 | 7.11 (6.26) | 6.96 | 7.26 | ||
| Above HKD25,000c | 7719 | 6.13 (5.65) | 6.01 | 6.26 | ||
CI: confidence intervals; HKD: Hong Kong dollars.
a
Depressive symptom severity was measured by Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).
b
As of 29 Jan, 2023, 1 HKD = 0.13 USD.
c
The median of monthly household income is HKD27,100 according to the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department April–June 2022.