Table 1.

Prevalence of clinical depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 20) by classification of participants in terms of basic socio-demographic characteristics

	TOTAL		Students without clinical depressive symptoms		Students with clinically significant depressive symptoms		X2	DF	P value
	N	%	N	%	Ν	%
Age							0.10	2	0.947
17-20	933	62.2	672	72.0	261	28.0
21-24	502	33.5	361	71.9	141	28.1
25-40	65	4.3	48	73.8	17	26.2
Gender							4.11	1	0.042
Male	448	29.9	339	75.7	109	24.3
Female	1052	70.1	742	70.5	310	29.5
Ethnicity							1.12	2	0.570
Cypriot	1415	94.3	1024	72.4	391	27.6
Greek	67	4.5	45	67.2	22	32.8
Other	18	1.2	12	66.7	6	33.3
Residency (longest)							6.76	2	0.034
Metropolitan area	817	54.5	608	74.4	209	25.6
Rural areas	250	16.4	170	59.7	80	40.3
Sub-urban areas	433	29.1	303	66.9	130	34.1
Marital status							0.11	2	0.945
Single	1402	93.5	1010	72.0	392	28.0
Married/Living with a person	92	6.1	67	72.8	25	27.2
Separated/divorced	6	0.4	4	66.7	2	33.3
Children							1.37	4	0.242
No	1468	97.9	1055	71.9	413	28.1
Yes	32	2.1	26	81.2	6	18.8
Living status during study							2.75	1	0.030
Alone	333	22.2	228	68.5	105	31.5
Cohabiting	1167	87.8	853	73.1	314	26.9
Employment Status							1.31	1	0.250
Unemployed	1067	71.1	778	72.9	289	27.1
Employed	433	28.9	303	70.0	130	30.0