Table 3.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the SPDD-based subgroups
| Hypothetical severe depression state | Hypothetical moderate depression state | Hypothetical mild depression state | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No complaints | Complaints ≤3 months | Complaints ≥4 months | No complaints | Complaints ≤3 months | Complaints ≥ 4 months | No complaints | Complaints ≤3 months | Complaints ≥4 months | |
| N | 362 | 126 | 182 | 372 | 150 | 169 | 418 | 144 | 178 |
| Sex, male (%) | 46.7 | 38.1 | 43.4 | 47.0 | 42.0 | 44.4 | 41.4 | 38.9 | 36.0 |
| Age, M (SD) | 45.4 (12.6) | 40.4 (12.9) | 43.4 (12.7) | 44.8 (12.4) | 40.4 (13.3) | 43.5 (12.4) | 43.3 (13.8) | 40.0 (13.2) | 44.3 (13.0) |
| Educationa | |||||||||
| Low (%) | 14.6 | 18.3 | 19.2 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 18.8 | 19.7 |
| Medium (%) | 45.0 | 39.7 | 56.6 | 48.7 | 48.0 | 54.4 | 44.0 | 53.5 | 52.8 |
| High (%) | 39.0 | 37.3 | 20.9 | 39.0 | 39.3 | 32.5 | 43.5 | 26.4 | 24.7 |
| Partnera | |||||||||
| Yes (%) | 78.5 | 65.9 | 64.3 | 80.4 | 60.0 | 62.1 | 72.0 | 66.0 | 68.0 |
| No (%) | 20.4 | 30.2 | 33.5 | 18.8 | 38.7 | 34.9 | 26.1 | 31.9 | 30.9 |
| Employeda | |||||||||
| Yes (%) | 86.7 | 77.8 | 67.6 | 91.1 | 82.0 | 62.1 | 85.4 | 84.0 | 66.9 |
| No (%) | 8.6 | 16.7 | 20.9 | 5.1 | 10.7 | 29.6 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 25.3 |
M mean, SD standard deviation, BDI-II beck depression inventory second edition
aThe remaining category ‘else’ is not presented in the table