Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics, Health Status and Alcohol Use Prevalence of Depressed Adults Seeking Outpatient Psychiatric Services (N=1183)

Variables	Mean or %
Age, mean (sd)	42.2 (sd=14.7)
Gender (%)
Men	29.7
Women	69.8
Unknown	0.5
Ethnicity (%)
White	70.6
Asian	10.4
Black	4.8
Hispanic	7.4
Other	6.8
Marital status (%)
Married or partnered	34.7
Single	52.7
Divorced or separated	9.3
Widowed	2.4
Unknown	0.9
Education (%)
High school graduate or less	16.5
Some college or technical training	13.5
College graduate	26.2
Some graduate training	42.0
Unknown	1.8
Employment status (%)
Employed full time	38.9
Employed part-time	7.8
Retired	10.1
On disability	12.5
Student	14.5
Unemployed	13.1
Unknown	3.1
Self-reported health (%)
Excellent	6.5
Very good	20.8
Good	35.8
Fair	27.6
Poor	9.3
Any alcohol use (%)
Lifetime	86.0
Prior year	73.9
Prior month	58.7