Table 2.

Multilevel regression analyses: association between residential area characteristics and complaints of depression among men and women, Belgium 2001-2004

Dependent variables:	Complaints of depression
	MEN	WOMEN
	B	B
Intercept	-0.035 ***	0.005
Contextual effects
Unemployment rate	0.046	0.112 ***
Median area income (in euros)	0.000	0.000
Density	0.194	-0.291
Individual effects
Social support	-0.026 ***	-0.038 ***
Current employment situation (ref.: paid labour)
Retired	0.019 ***	0.012 *
Disabled	0.109 ***	0.115 ***
Unemployed	0.024 ***	0.029 ***
Househusband/wife	-0.008	-0.011 *
Student and others	0.300 **	0.012
Educational level (ref.: tertiary education)
No diploma or primary education	0.007	0.023 ***
Lower secondary	0.003	0.003
Higher secondary	-0.002	-0.001
Equivalent income of the household (ref.: > 2.500 €)
< 750 €	0.016 *	0.028 ***
750 - 1.000 €	0.007	0.016 **
1.000 - 1.500 €	-0.001	0.011 *
1.500 - 2.500 €	-0.003	0.002
Missing income	-0.008	-0.012 *
Age	0.004 ***	0.004 **
Household type (ref.: couple with child(ren))
Single	0.019 ***	0.007
Single with child(ren)	0.007	0.020 ***
Couple	0.004	-0.001
Complex household	0.008	0.000

*: p < .05; **: p < .01 ; ***: p < .001