Table 1.

Socio-demographic and psycho-social characteristics of the respondents for the total population (n = 917) and the population with depression and/or suicidality (n = 247)

	Total population (with and without depression and/or suicidality)					Population with depression and/or suicidality
	Men (n = 440)		Women (n = 477)		p value*	Men (n = 78)		Women (n = 169)		p value*
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Respondents’ characteristics
1. Age groups
20–24 years	148	33.8	127	27.0	0.050	23	29.5	51	30.5	0.666
25–29 years	144	32.9	156	33.2		31	39.7	57	34.1
30–35 years	146	33.3	187	39.8		24	30.8	59	35.3
2. Marital status
Married or cohabiting	236	53.8	342	72.3	0.000	41	53.2	116	68.6	0.000
Divorced or widowed	2	0.5	33	7.0		1	1.3	16	9.5
Single	201	45.8	98	20.7		35	45.5	37	21.9
3. Education level
Secondary school or university	50	13.3	67	17.0	0.006	8	10.7	27	16.2	0.531
Complete primary school or vocational training	105	28.0	73	18.6		10	13.3	21	12.6
Incomplete primary school	220	58.7	253	64.4		57	76.0	119	71.3
Partner’s characteristics
4. Ever been to school
Attended school	211	83.7	287	75.9	0.021	38	79.2	95	72.0	0.443
Partner no schooling	41	16.3	91	24.1		10	20.8	37	28.0
Household (HH) characteristics
5. Assets in the household
Have at least 1 of the assets	323	73.4	331	69.4	0.189	48	61.5	100	59.2	0.781
Have none of the HH assets	117	26.6	146	30.6		30	38.5	69	40.8

* p value signifies statistical difference between men and women