Table 2.

Sample description.

Variable	Frequency	Percent a
Brief Depressive Episode
Yes	5,422	6
No	86,638	94
Gender
Men	52,645	57
Women	39,415	43
Age
18–29	23,146	25
30–39	21,003	23
40–49	16,696	18
50–59	12,451	14
60–69	9,761	10
70–120	9,003	10
Marital Status
Never Married	17,798	19
Married/Cohabiting	59,747	65
Divorced/separated/widowed	14,515	16
Educational Attainment
Less than Primary	7,188	8
Primary	16,720	18
Secondary	59,529	65
Post-secondary/Graduate	8,623	9
Welfare State Regime
Conservative	5,595	6
Liberal	5,570	6
Social Democratic	3,974	4
Southeast Asian	16,105	18
Eastern European	5,701	6
Latin American	46,723	51
Southern/Ex-dictatorship	8,392	9

Notes. n = 92,060; ^a Percentage values are rounded.