Table 1. Sociodemographic differences between male and female subjects with major depressive episode in the last 12 months.
Parameters | Male | Female | χ2 | P | ||
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Unweighted n | Weighted % | Unweighted n | Weighted % | |||
Prevalence of MDE* | 110 | 1.5 | 397 | 3.3 | 69.2 | <0.001 |
Year of birth | 0.62 | 0.961 | ||||
Before 1950 | 20 | 15.0 | 103 | 17.2 | ||
1950-1959 | 30 | 23.7 | 95 | 22.1 | ||
1960-1969 | 22 | 19.6 | 82 | 19.4 | ||
1970-1979 | 22 | 21.3 | 66 | 19.6 | ||
Since 1980 | 16 | 20.3 | 51 | 21.7 | ||
Partner status* | 6.01 | 0.010 | ||||
Partnered | 50 | 43.3 | 240 | 55.9 | ||
Unpartnered | 60 | 56.7 | 156 | 44.1 | ||
Education (yr) | 3.89 | 0.270 | ||||
0-6 | 17 | 12.5 | 123 | 17.7 | ||
7-9 | 19 | 13.4 | 58 | 13.7 | ||
10-12 | 38 | 34.9 | 114 | 35.8 | ||
≥ 13 | 36 | 39.0 | 102 | 35.8 | ||
Employment* | 22.96 | < 0.001 | ||||
Employed | 45 | 42.9 | 113 | 29.7 | ||
Student or housekeeper | 35 | 31.5 | 229 | 55.8 | ||
Unemployed | 30 | 25.6 | 55 | 14.5 |
*P<0.05 by chi-squared test. MDE, major depressive episode.