Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Patients With Major or Minor Depression
| Items | Minor Depression (n = 79)a | Major Depression (n = 1,002)a | Total (n = 1,081)a |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 40.6 (14.26) | 37.9 (13.85) | 39.25 (14.05) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Male | 22 (28) | 335 (33) | 357 (33) |
| Female | 57 (72) | 667 (67) | 724 (67) |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 51 (75) | 602 (80) | 653 (60) |
| Black | 13 (19) | 105 (14) | 118 (11) |
| Other | 4 (6) | 37 (5) | 41 (4) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||
| Never | 15 (22) | 203 (30) | 218 (20) |
| Married | 32 (47) | 310 (41) | 342 (32) |
| Divorced/separated/widow | 21 (31) | 245 (32) | 266 (25) |
| Education, n (%)b | |||
| < High school | 6 (9) | 139 (18) | 145 (13) |
| GED/high school | 14 (21) | 197 (26) | 211 (20) |
| > High school | 48 (71) | 420 (56) | 468 (43) |
| Employment status (past mo), n (%) | |||
| Full-time | 28 (41) | 310 (41) | 438 (41) |
| Part-time | 8 (12) | 63 (12) | 71 (6) |
| Unemployed | 32 (47) | 379 (50) | 411 (38) |
| Months employed (past 6 mo), mean (SD) | 3.0 (2.85) | 2.8 (2.70) | |
a
Data were missing for some categories.
b
P < .05.