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. 2014 Nov 11;13:96. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0096-0

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, n = 2622

Total Depressive symptoms
n = 2622 Score 17 n = 292 DSM-IV criteria- based n = 167
Column % Row % Row %
Gender
Girl 50.1 16.8 9.4
Boy 49.9 5.6 3.4
Missing 0 0 0
Parental education
High 57.6 10.7 6.3
Intermediate 30.0 10.7 6.8
Low 4.5 15.9 7.7
Missing 7.9 12.4 5.1
Parental SES
High non-manual workers 12.8 7.3 5.6
Intermediate non-manual workers 20.8 10.4 7.1
Lower non-manual workers 14.7 10.4 5.5
Skilled workers 11.6 10.3 6.3
Unskilled workers 18.0 13.8 7.7
Self-employed 6.7 13.1 7.8
Other 2.8 11.1 7.0
Missing 12.7 13.5 5.1
Parental country of birth
Sweden 73.4 10.1 6.2
Outside Sweden 11.3 12.8 5.1
Missing 15.3 15.1 8.5
Living arrangements
Lives with two or more adults 98.2 11.0 6.3
Lives exclusively with one adult 1.8 21.7 8.7
Missing 0.6 13.3 14.3
Parental employment status
Employed 86.2 10.7 6.6
Unemployed 13.8 14.4 5.6
Missing 0 0 0