Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of people with and without depression in the workplace.
| Weighted percentages (95% Confidence interval) | |||
| Individuals reporting experience of depression n = 1,412 | Individuals reporting no experience of depression n = 5,534 | p-value | |
| Socio-demographic characteristics | |||
| Gender | <0.001 | ||
| Male | 42.4 (39.8, 44.9) | 57.8 (56.4, 59.1) | |
| Female | 57.7 (55.1, 60.2) | 42.2 (40.9, 43.5) | |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | ||
| 16–24 | 7.1 (5.3, 8.9) | 10.8 (9.8, 11.8) | |
| 25–44 | 51.3 (48.5, 54.0) | 51.4 (50.0, 52.8) | |
| 45–64 | 41.7 (38.9, 44.4) | 37.8 (36.4, 39.2) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 26.3 (23.8, 28.7) | 26.4 (25.3, 27.6) | |
| Married/cohabitating | 59.7 (56.7, 61.8) | 64.9 (63.7, 66.2) | |
| Divorced Separated | 12.7 (10.9, 14.4) | 7.1 (6.4, 7.8) | |
| Widowed | 1.3 (0.7,1.7) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | |
| Refused | 0.6 (0.2, 1.1) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||
| Secondary school or earlier | 7.7 (6.3, 9.1) | 7.4 (6.7, 8.1) | |
| Professional qualification | 21.3 (19.2, 23.5) | 22.3 (21.2, 23.4) | |
| Higher education (below university) | 20.5 (18.4, 22.6) | 19.0 (18.0, 20.1) | |
| University degree | 36.9 (33.4, 39.4) | 36.8 (35.6, 38.1) | |
| Refused | 13.5 (11.7, 15.3) | 14.4 (13.5, 15.3) | |
| Working status | <0.001 | ||
| Full time | 71.0 (68.6, 73.3) | 77.2 (76.1, 78.4) | |
| Part time | 23.4 (21.2, 25.6) | 17.6 (16.6, 18.6) | |
| Previously employed in last 12 months | 5.7 (4.5, 6.9) | 5.2 (4.6, 5.8) | |
| Mental health related attitudes | |||
| Responses to attitude items | <0.001 | ||
| Ranked depression as most disabling | 21.2 (18.9, 23.4) | 14.6 (13.7, 15.5) | |
| Ranked depression as least disabling | 13.6 (11.8, 15.5) | 16.7 (15.7, 17.6) | |
| Beliefs about symptoms of depression | <0.001 | ||
| Low mood | 92.7 (91.4, 94.1) | 87.6 (86.7, 88.6) | |
| Loss of interest in daily activities | 83.4 (81.3, 85.4) | 55.8 (54.5, 57.2) | |
| Trouble sleeping/insomnia | 81.9 (79.7, 84.0) | 71.7 (70.4, 72.9) | |
| Crying for no reason | 74.7 (72.3, 77.1) | 71.7 (70.4, 73.0) | |
| Trouble concentrating | 67.3 (64.7, 69.9) | 53.8 (52.3, 55.2) | |
| Changes in weight/appetite | 65.2 (62.5, 67.9) | 53.1 (51.7, 54.5) | |
| Difficulty planning day to day activities | 66.0 (63.4, 68.6) | 55.8 (54.4, 57.2) | |
| Indecisiveness | 55.4 (52.7, 58.1) | 40.8 (39.4, 42.2) | |
| Forgetfulness | 47.0 (44.2, 49.7) | 28.9 (27.6, 30.2) | |
p-values show significance level of Pearson's Chi square test.