Table 1.
Distribution of depression and socioeconomic background by study year and sex
| |
Boys |
Girls |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Year |
2000–2001 |
2002–2003 |
2004–2005 |
2006–2007 |
2008–2009 |
2010–2011 |
2000–2001 |
2002–2003 |
2004–2005 |
2006–2007 |
2008–2009 |
2010–2011 |
|
Number of participants |
47586 |
50774 |
53057 |
54315 |
54132 |
51116 |
47049 |
49236 |
51713 |
54005 |
54035 |
51066 |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Depression | ||||||||||||
| No (0–4) |
83.7 |
85.1 |
84.0 |
83.1 |
83.1 |
84.9 |
67.5 |
70.4 |
68.7 |
68.3 |
67.9 |
68.0 |
| Mild (5–7) |
8.0 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
7.5 |
15.0 |
13.9 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
14.4 |
14.0 |
| Moderate (8–15) |
6.2 |
5.6 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
5.5 |
13.5 |
12.2 |
13.0 |
13.4 |
13.4 |
13.4 |
| Severe (>15) |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
| Unemployment in the family during the last year | ||||||||||||
| No |
67.4 |
71.0 |
72.4 |
75.7 |
73.1 |
68.8 |
66.5 |
69.9 |
71.0 |
74.8 |
72.2 |
67.7 |
| Yes |
29.4 |
26.6 |
25.6 |
22.2 |
25.0 |
29.7 |
31.8 |
28.8 |
28.0 |
24.1 |
26.6 |
31.5 |
| Unknown |
3.1 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
| Parental education | ||||||||||||
| High |
50.5 |
54.1 |
60.1 |
62.0 |
64.6 |
59.9 |
44.6 |
49.3 |
55.5 |
57.7 |
60.7 |
60.2 |
| Medium |
32.5 |
32.4 |
27.5 |
25.9 |
23.9 |
28.1 |
38.0 |
37.0 |
32.6 |
31.1 |
28.8 |
27.1 |
| Low |
8.6 |
7.3 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
4.4 |
6.6 |
9.5 |
7.6 |
6.7 |
5.7 |
4.5 |
7.8 |
| Unknown | 8.3 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.8 |