Table 3.

Demographic, cultural, health and lifestyle factors by depression score category (N=3771)

			Depression Score
			Negativea (N=3126)	Positivea (N=645)
	N	Missing	%	%
Demographic factors:
Gender***		0
Male	1482		87	13
Female	2289		80	20
Age*		0
18 to 29 years	1072		85	15
30 to 44 years	1279		83	17
45 to 59 years	1004		80	20
60+ years	416		84	16
Marital status		15
Not married or living together	2144		82	18
Married or living together	1612		84	16
Highest level of education***		3
Less than high school	866		78	22
High school, GED, or greater	2902		84	16
Employment status***		14
Chronically Unemployed	1250		79	21
Employed	2507		85	15
Income level***		541
$25,000 or less	1847		79	21
$25,001 or more	1383		88	12
Cultural Factors:
Region of Alaska		0
Southcentral	1377		81	19
Southeast	880		84	16
Southwest	1514		83	16
AN/AI language spoken at home		1
No	2525		84	16
Yes	1245		82	18
Traditional event participation		5
No	2001		83	17
Yes	1765		82	18
Identification with tribal traditionb		4
Not at all or a little	1131		82	18
Some or a lot	2636		83	17
Identification with non-Native culturec		10
Not at all or a little	1244		82	18
Some or a lot	2517		83	17
Health and Lifestyle Factors:
Number of chronic conditionsd***		0
None	1509		88	12
1 or 2	1529		83	17
3 or more	733		73	27
General healthe***		0
Fair or poor	939		68	32
Good to excellent	2832		88	12
Body Mass Index		0
<25.0	982		84	16
≥25.0 to <30.0	1194		84	16
≥30	1595		82	18
Vigorous physical activity**		65
None	1365		80	20
>0 to <1.9 hour/week	1340		85	15
≥1.0 hour/week	1001		85	15
Tobacco use***		5
Never a regular user	1032		86	14
Former user	985		84	16
Current user	1749		80	20
Times drank 5+ alcoholic drinks***		26
Never	1937		84	16
1 to 10 times	1396		82	18
More than 10 times	412		81	19
				Mean
PCS scoref***	3754	17	51.7	45.2

^aBased upon total score for nine-item version of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): negative ≤ 9, positive ≥ = 10.

^bBased on responses to item “How much do you identify with your own tribal tradition?”

^cBased on response to item “How much do you identify yourself with non-Native culture?”

^dIncludes high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, stroke, gallbladder disease, kidney failure, liver disease, thyroid disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), glaucoma, cataracts, diabetes, and cancer.

^eBased on SF-12 item assessing general health.

^fPhysical Composite Score from the SF-12.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001