Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the participants overall and by risk levels of having major depression.
| Variable | Total (N=841), n (%) |
High risk (n= 511), n (%) |
Low risk (n=330), n (%) |
P | |
| Age categories (years) |
|
|
|
<.001 | |
|
|
18-29 | 102 (12.1) | 73 (14.3) | 29 (8.8) |
|
|
|
30-49 | 444 (52.8) | 284 (55.6) | 160 (48.5) |
|
|
|
50-64 | 254 (30.2) | 140 (27.4) | 114 (34.5) |
|
|
|
>65 | 41 (4.9) | 14 (2.7) | 27 (8.2) |
|
| Mean age (SD) |
|
44.3 (13.7) | 42.0 (12.2) | 47.8 (15.0) |
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
.14 |
|
|
Married or Common-law | 647 (77.0) | 389 (76.1) | 258 (78.4) |
|
|
|
Divorced or separated/widowed | 43 (5.1) | 22 (4.3) | 21 (4.4) |
|
|
|
Single | 150 (17.9) | 100 (19.6) | 50 (15.2) |
|
| Personal income ($) |
|
|
|
.60 | |
|
|
<30,000 | 99 (12.2) | 60 (12.1) | 39 (12.4) |
|
|
|
30,000 to <60,000 | 238 (29.4) | 152 (30.6) | 86 (27.4) |
|
|
|
60,000 to 80,000 | 171 (21.1) | 98 (19.7) | 73 (23.3) |
|
|
|
>80,000 | 303 (37.4) | 187 (37.6) | 116 (36.9) |
|
| Educational levels |
|
|
|
.15 | |
|
|
Above high school | 65 (7.7) | 43 (8.4) | 22 (6.7) |
|
|
|
High school | 166 (19.7) | 107 (20.9) | 59 (17.9) |
|
|
|
College | 265 (31.5) | 167 (32.7) | 98 (29.7) |
|
|
|
University or higher | 345 (41.0) | 194 (38.0) | 151 (45.8) |
|
| Employment |
|
|
|
.70 | |
|
|
Employee | 673 (80.6) | 413 (81.5) | 260 (79.3) |
|
|
|
Self-employed | 159 (19.0) | 92 (18.2) | 67 (20.4) |
|
|
|
Family business no pay | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) |
|
| Job type |
|
|
|
.16 | |
|
|
Full time | 692 (82.3) | 434 (84.9) | 258 (78.2) |
|
|
|
Part time | 71 (8.4) | 37 (7.2) | 34 (10.3) |
|
|
|
Seasonal | 37 (4.4) | 18 (3.5) | 19 (5.8) |
|
|
|
Contract | 36 (4.3) | 19 (3.7) | 17 (5.2) |
|
|
|
Other | 5 (0.6) | 3 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) |
|
| Size of company or work site |
|
|
|
.78 | |
|
|
<50 | 445 (53.6) | 276 (54.2) | 169 (52.5) | |
|
|
50-499 | 243 (29.2) | 149 (29.3) | 94 (29.2) | |
|
|
>500 | 143 (17.2) | 84 (16.5) | 59 (18.3) | |
| Provinces | .22 | ||||
|
|
British Columbia | 47 (6.3) | 33 (7.1) | 14 (5.0) |
|
|
|
Alberta | 70 (9.4) | 52 (11.2) | 18 (6.4) |
|
|
|
Saskatchewan | 30 (4.0) | 18 (3.9) | 12 (4.3) |
|
|
|
Manitoba | 31 (4.2) | 20 (4.3) | 11 (3.9) |
|
|
|
Ontario | 293 (39.3) | 170 (36.6) | 123 (43.4) |
|
|
|
Quebec | 227 (30.5) | 141 (30.4) | 86 (30.6) |
|
|
|
New Brunswick | 16 (2.2) | 12 (2.6) | 4 (1.4) |
|
|
|
Nova Scotia | 17 (2.3) | 12 (2.6) | 5 (1.8) |
|
|
|
Newfoundland | 10 (1.3) | 4 (0.9) | 6 (2.1) |
|
|
|
Prince Edward Island | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) |
|
| Language |
|
|
|
.81 | |
|
|
English | 613 (72.9) | 374 (73.2) | 239 (72.4) |
|
|
|
French | 228 (27.1) | 137 (26.8) | 91 (27.6) |
|
| Work function impairment |
|
|
|
<.001 | |
|
|
None | 577 (70.4) | 314 (62.9) | 263 (81.9) |
|
|
|
Mild | 199 (24.3) | 146 (29.3) | 53 (16.5) |
|
|
|
Moderate | 41 (5) | 36 (7.2) | 5 (1.6) |
|
|
|
Severe | 3 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 0 |
|