Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the BDI-II-based subgroups
| Hypothetical severe depression state | Hypothetical moderate depression state | Hypothetical mild depression state | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No complaints | Complaints BDI 14-19 | Complaints BDI 20-28 | Complaints BDI 29-63 | No complaints | Complaints BDI 14-19 | Complaints BDI 20-28 | Complaints BDI 29-63 | No complaints | Complaints BDI 14-19 | Complaints BDI 20-28 | Complaints BDI 29-63 | |
| N | 465 | 74 | 63 | 68 | 513 | 66 | 57 | 55 | 526 | 78 | 67 | 69 |
| Sex, male (%) | 46.9 | 35.1 | 46.0 | 33.8 | 46.8 | 48.5 | 42.1 | 30.9 | 40.9 | 38.5 | 34.3 | 36.2 |
| Age, M (SD) | 44.1 (12.8) | 44.4 (13.9) | 44.2 (11.3) | 41.8 (12.8) | 44.2 (12.7) | 43.3 (12.2) | 41.7 (12.5) | 39.6 (12.8) | 42.7 (13.8) | 44.0 (13.0) | 42.9 (12.6) | 43.1 (13.6) |
| Educationa | ||||||||||||
| Low (%) | 13.3 | 17.6 | 22.2 | 32.4 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 21.8 | 17.9 | 27.5 |
| Medium (%) | 43.9 | 58.1 | 55.6 | 50.0 | 48.3 | 56.1 | 57.9 | 49.1 | 46.2 | 50.0 | 56.7 | 50.7 |
| High (%) | 40.6 | 24.3 | 19.0 | 10.3 | 39.8 | 34.8 | 28.1 | 29.1 | 41.1 | 25.6 | 23.9 | 17.4 |
| Partnera | ||||||||||||
| Yes (%) | 75.3 | 66.2 | 66.7 | 63.2 | 76.6 | 62.1 | 57.9 | 49.1 | 71.3 | 71.8 | 70.1 | 56.5 |
| No (%) | 23.4 | 31.1 | 30.2 | 32.4 | 22.4 | 36.4 | 40.4 | 45.5 | 27.0 | 25.6 | 28.4 | 42.0 |
| Employeda | ||||||||||||
| Yes (%) | 86.9 | 82.4 | 65.1 | 42.6 | 88.7 | 78.8 | 61.4 | 45.5 | 86.3 | 78.2 | 64.2 | 56.5 |
| No (%) | 8.4 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 42.6 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 36.8 | 45.5 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 31.3 | 34.8 |
M mean, SD standard deviation, BDI-II beck depression inventory second edition
aThe remaining category ‘else’ is not presented in the table