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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Dec 28;52(2):143–152. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.11.006

TABLE 1.

Probable Mild or Moderate Depression at Ages 19 to 30 Years by Childhood Gender Nonconformity, Growing Up Today Study, 2007 and 2010 Waves (n = 9,355 and n = 7,073)

Median or Below Gender Nonconformity (n = 4,836), % Above Median, Below Top Decile Nonconformity (n = 3,159), % Top Decile Nonconformity (n = 1,360), %
Probable mild or moderate depression, 2007 24.3 26.6 34.4***
 Females (n = 5,944) 25.8 27.9 33.5***
 Males (n = 3,411) 22.0 24.3 36.6***
Probable mild or moderate depression, 2010 18.0 19.3 25.9***
 Females (n = 4,945) 18.7 20.6 24.6**
 Males (n = 2,128) 16.5 16.4 29.6***

Note: Depression assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale—10 (CESD-10), with 11 or more symptoms indicating probable depression. Wald χ2 test for differences in frequency by gender conformity:

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.