Table 2. Sociodemographic data and intensity of the Geriatric Depression Scale. Porto Alegre, RS, Southern Brazil, 2012.

	na	%	Geriatric Depression Scale
Variable			6-10		11		pb
			n	%	n	%
Sex							< 0.001c
Female	136	35.9	103	27.2	33	8.7
Male	43	20.9	35	17.0	8	3.9
Age (years)							0.967
60 to 69	98	29.5	76	22.9	22	6.6
70 to 79	62	32.3	47	24.5	15	7.8
≥ 80	19	31.3	15	24.6	4	6.6
Schooling (years)							0.021
< 1	46	36.2	33	26.0	13	10.2
1 to 3	68	29.4	53	22.9	15	6.5
4 to 7	49	37.7	40	30.8	9	6.9
≥ 8	16b	17.0	12	12.8	4	4.3
Income (Brazilian minimum wage)							0.115
< 2	165	32.1	124	24.1	41	8.0
≥ 2	7	18.4	7	18.4	0	0.0
Household income (Brazilian minimum wage)							0,107
≤ 3	144	31.9	109	24.2	35	7.8
> 3	12	22.6	11	20.8	1	1.9
Retired							0.211
Yes	102	28.1	77	21.2	25	6.9
No	66	33.5	52	26.4	14	7.1
Race/Ethnicity							0.851
White	113	29.9	87	23.0	26	6.9
Non-white	65	32.2	50	24.8	15	7.4
Religion							0.006
Catholic	108	28.3	75b	16.9	33a	8.6
Evangelic	39	38.5	36a	33.0	3	2.8
Other	28	32.6	25	29.1	3	3.5
Marital status							0.982
Single	32	30.8	25	24.0	7	6.7
Married	60	29.0	49	23.7	11	5.3
Widowed	58	31.9	43	23.6	15	8.2
Separated/Divorced	28	31.1	20	22.2	8	8.9
Living alone							0.153
Yes	40	38.5	32	30.8	8	7.7
No	137	29.1	105	22.3	32	6.8
Practicing religion							0.198
Yes	111	29.1	91	23.9	20	5.2
No	63	33.7	46	24.6	17	9.1
Self-perceived health							< 0.001c
Very good/Good	26d	13.4	21	10.8	5	2.6
Regular	109	33.7	88	27.2	21	6.5
Poor/Very poor	41e	69.5	27	45.8	14	23.7
Total	179	30.6

^a Values may not total 621 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).

^g Drucker C. Religiosidade, crenças e atitudes em idosos deprimidos em um serviço de saúde mental de São Paulo, Brasil [dissertation]. Campinas: Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Estadual de Campinas; 2005.