Table I.

Some socio-demographic characteristics of students by status of depression.

	Depression			Statistical analysis
Socio-demographic characteristics	No n (%) 643 (78.2)	Yes n (%) 179 (21.8)	Total n (%) 822 (100.0)	Chi-square; P
Type of school
Science and literature	249 (81.4)	57 (18.6)	306 (37.3)	3.622; 0.163
Economics	135 (74.2)	47 (25.8)	182 (22.1)
Engineering and architecture	259 (77.5)	75 (22.5)	334 (40.6)
Year in school
Freshman	288 (79.6)	74 (20.4)	362 (44.0)	1.130; 0.770
Sophomore	149 (78.0)	42 (22.0)	191 (23.2)
Junior	103 (78.0)	29 (22.0)	132 (16.1)
Senior	103 (75.2)	34 (24.8)	137 (16.7)
Age group (year)
≤ 19	161 (76.3)	50 (23.7)	211 (25.7)	3.393; 0.414
20	143 (80.3)	35 (19.7)	178 (21.7)
21	134 (79.3)	35 (20.7)	169 (20.65)
22	91 (82.7)	19 (17.3)	110 (13.4)
≥ 23	114 (74.0)	40 (26.0)	154 (18.7)
Sex
Male	288 (76.4)	89 (23.6)	377 (45.9)	1.371; 0.242
Female	355 (79.8)	90 (20.2)	445 (54.1)
Living place
With his/her family	180 (81.8)	40 (18.2)	220 (26.8)	4.219; 0.377
With his/her house friends	212 (74.9)	71 (25.1)	283 (34.4)
Alone	31 (75.6)	10 (24.4)	41 (5.0)
In dormitory	190 (78.5)	52 (21.5)	242 (29.4)
Other (with any family, pension, hotel)	30 (83.3)	6 (16.7)	36 (4.4)
Reason for study choice
Own preference	251 (83.4)	50 (16.6)	301 (36.6)	12.424; 0.014
Failing to qualify for other department	206 (75.5)	67 (24.5)	273 (33.2)
Family preference	27 (67.5)	13 (32.5)	40 (4.9)
Having better job facilities	124 (79.5)	32 (20.5)	156 (19.0)
Other (parent profession, advice by someone outside family, behave flamboyantly, marry a beautiful girl or a handsome one)	35 (67.3)	17 (32.7)	52 (6.3)
Future-related occupational preoccupation
Yes	353 (74.8)	119 (25.2)	472 (57.4)	7.682; 0.006
No	290 (82.9)	60 (17.1)	350 (42.6)