Table 1.

Demographic characteristics major and minor depression in 1992 in South Korea, by gender, n (%).

	Men				Women
	All n = 502,297	Major depressiona 7.4%	Minor depressionb 19.3%	Not depressed 73.3%	All n=99,478	Major depression a 10.2%	Minor depression b 21.4%	Not depressed 68.4%
Age (year)
30–34	11,4017	7.6%	14.3%	78.1%	41,444	10.2%	20.8%	69.0%
35–39	11,3663	7.9%	16.3%	75.8%	25,164	9.8%	20.6%	69.6%
40–44	86,861	7.8%	18.7%	73.5%	16,009	10.0%	21.2%	68.7%
45–49	72,509	7.6%	21.3%	71.1%	8243	11.7%	23.1%	65.7%
50–54	66,836	6.8%	24.7%	68.5%	5437	11.6%	25.6%	62.8%
55–59	39,812	6.0%	27.8%	66.2%	2616	9.0%	25.5%	65.5%
60–64	8599	5.5%	30.2%	64.3%	565	7.1%	20.2%	72.7%
Marital status
Married	475,916	7.3%	19.3%	73.4%	10,026	10.1%	21.7%	68.2%
Never   married	15,216	10.1%	15.5%	74.5%	85,396	10.6%	18.6%	70.8%
Else	8012	10.8%	23.2%	66.0%	3576	11.7%	22.1%	66.0%
Socioeconomic status
1 St Quartile	102,577	7.9%	21.0%	71.1%	11,887	10.4%	21.6%	68.0%
2nd Quartile	92,991	7.6%	20.1%	72.3%	14,587	10.7%	21.5%	67.8%
3rd Quartile	107,286	7.6%	17.7%	74.7%	33,337	9.8%	21.4%	68.9%
4th Quartile	107,156	6.4%	19.3%	74.3%	20,947	10.2%	22.1%	67.7%
Smoking status
Non smoker	104,435	5.6%	16.8%	77.6%	98,849	10.2%	21.4%	68.4%
Ex smoker	98,676	7.1%	20.1%	72.8%	383	13.6%	24.8%	61.6%
Current   smoker	299,186	8.2%	19.9%	72.0%	246	15.0%	17.1%	67.9%
Drinking status
Non drinker	97,612	7.1%	18.2%	75.5%	83,732	9.5%	21.0%	69.5%
0–25 g/d	282,820	6.8%	18.9%	74.3%	15,562	13.9%	23.4%	62.7%
25–50 g/d	73,124	8.3%	20.5%	71.2%	145	16.6%	25.5%	57.9%
50–100 g/d	36,973	11.5%	21.8%	66.7%	28	7.1%	32.1%	60.7%
100-g/d	11,768	14.2%	21.6%	64.2%	11	0.0%	27.3%	72.7%
Regular exercise
Regular   exercise	138,203	4.4%	16.7%	78.9%	12,480	7.4%	18.5%	74.0%
No exercise	364,094	8.6%	20.2%	71.2%	86,998	10.6%	21.8%	67.6%

^aMajor depression: (item 1 or item 2) and (at least 5 positive answers among 9 items).

^bMinor depression: (item 1 or item 2) and (1–4 positive answers among 9 items).