Table 1. Sociodemographic data and frequency of alteration on the Geriatric Depression Scale. Porto Alegre, RS, Southern Brazil, 2012.

Variable	na	Geriatric Depression Scale ≥ 6		pb
		n	%
Sex				< 0.001c
Female	379	136	35.9
Male	206	43	20.9
Age (years)				0.798
60 to 69	332	98	29.5
70 to 79	192	62	32.3
≥ 80	61	19	31.3
Schooling (years)				0.004
< 1	127	46	36.2
1 to 3	231	68	29.4
4 to 7	130	49	37.7
≥ 8	94		17.0b
Income (Brazilian minimum wage)				0.115
< 2	514	165	32.1
≥ 2	38	7	18.4
Household income (Brazilian minimum wage)				0.220
≤ 3	451	144	31.9
> 3	53	12	22.6
Retired				0.217
Yes	363	102	28.1
No	197	66	33.5
Race/Ethnicity				0.636
White	378	113	29.9
Non-white	202	65	32.2
Religion				0.287
Catholic	382	108	28.3
Evangelic	109	39	38.5
Other	86	28	32.6
Marital status				0.939
Single	104	32	30.8
Married	207	60	29.0
Widowed	182	58	31.9
Separated/Divorced	90	28	31.1
Living alone				0.079
Yes	104	40	38.5
No	471	137	29.1
Practicing religion				0.312
Yes	381	111	29.1
No	187	63	33.7
Self-perceived health				< 0.001c
Very good/Good	194	26	13.4d
Regular	323	109	33.7
Poor/Very poor	59	41	69.5e
Total	585	179	30.6

^a Values may not total 585 due to data losses

^b based on the Chi-square test.

^c p ≤ 0,05

^d Frequencies of residues lower than expected (residue ≤ -1.96).

^e Frequencies of residues higher than expected (residue ≥ 1.96).