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. 2017 Jan 9;17:6. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1178-x

Table 2.

MINI diagnosis of depression across demographic groups

Zulu sample Afrikaans sample Xhosa sample
MINI diagnosis (n = 306) X 2 MINI diagnosis (n = 289) X 2 MINI diagnosis (n = 303) X 2
No (n = 285) Yes (n = 21) No (n = 237) Yes (n = 52) No (n = 282) Yes (n = 21)
Gender
 Male 93 (33%) 2 (10%) 4.9a 72 (30%) 13 (25%) 0.6 94 (33%) 4 (19%) 1.8
 Female 192 (67%) 19 (90%) 165 (70%) 39 (75%) 188 (67%) 17 (81%)
Age
 15–20 28 (10%) 1 (5%) 9.9a 25 (11%) 4 (8%) 12.0a 54 (19%) 1 (5%) 6.7
 21–40 161 (56%) 9 (43%) 76 (32%) 18 (35%) 147 (52%) 10 (48%)
 41–60 73 (26%) 5 (24%) 77 (33%) 27 (52%) 71 (25%) 10 (48%)
 61 or older 23 (8%) 6 (28%) 58 (25%) 3 (6%) 10 (4%) 0
Marital status
 Single 219 (77%) 14 (67%) 11.4a 87 (37%) 19 (37%) 13.0a 160 (57%) 14 (67%) 1.0
 Living with partner 16 (6%) 0 0 2 (4%) 44 (16%) 2 (9%)
 Married (living together) 20 (7%) 1 (5%) 106 (45%) 17 (33%) 53 (19%) 3 (14%)
 Married (not living together) 7 (2%) 0 5 (2%) 3 (6%) 13 (5%) 1 (5%)
 Divorced or widowed 22 (8%) 6 (29%) 39 (16%) 10 (20%) 12 (4%) 1 (5%)
Education level
 No schooling 8 (3%) 0 7.5 4 (2%) 2 (4%) 3.7 6 (2%) 0 2.6
 Primary school 44 (15%) 7 (33%) 57 (24%) 10 (19%) 28 (10%) 3 (14%)
 Some secondary school 108 (38%) 9 (43%) 123 (53%) 33 (63%) 174 (62%) 10 (48%)
 End of secondary school 91 (32%) 3 (14%) 34 (15%) 5 (10%) 61 (22%) 7 (33%)
 Post-secondary school 1 (0%) 1 (5%) 16 (7%) 2 (4%) 13 (5%) 1 (5%)
Employment status
 Working for pay 59 (21%) 3 (14%) 18.1a 45 (19%) 5 (10%) 9.8 100 (35%) 5 (24%) 5.2
 Self-employed 2 (1%) 2 (9%) 5 (2%) 1 (2%) 9 (3%) 0
 Scholar/student 46 (16%) 2 (9%) 16 (7%) 3 (6%) 56 (20%) 3 (14%)
 Homemaker 1 (0%) 0 54 (23%) 18 (35%) 4 (1%) 0
 Long term sick/disabled 1 (0%) 0 8 (3%) 3 (6%) 4 (1%) 0
 Retired 32 (11%) 6 (29%) 57 (24%) 6 (12%) 10 (3%) 1 (5%)
 Unemployed (looking) 113 (40%) 6 (29%) 49 (21%) 15 (29%) 93 (33%) 11 (52%)
 Unemployed (not looking) 30 (11%) 2 (9%) 3 (1%) 1 (2%) 6 (2%) 1 (5%)
Personal income
 R0 103 (36%) 4 (19%) 4.6 85 (37%) 20 (39%) 5.1 93 (33%) 5 (24%) 9.9
 R1-R500 48 (17%) 3 (14%) 10 (4%) 5 (10%) 40 (14%) 7 (33%)
 R501-R1,000 27 (9%) 3 (14%) 17 (7%) 6 (12%) 27 (10%) 0
 R1001-R2000 54 (19%) 7 (33%) 93 (36%) 15 (19%) 51 (18%) 6 (29%)
 R2000-R5000 16 (6%) 2 (9%) 18 (8%) 2 (4%) 62 (22%) 2 (10%)
 More than R5000 11 (4%) 1 (5%) 19 (8%) 3 (6%) 8 (3%) 1 (5%)
Dwelling type (n = 142) (n = 16) (n = 136) (n = 38) (n = 169) (n = 11) 0.5
 Informal/backyard dwelling 21 (15%) 3 (19%) 5.1 1 (1%) 3 (8%) 9.0a 76 (45%) 5 (45%)
 RDP house 37 (26%) 8 (50%) 84 (62%) 21 (55%) 65 (38%) 4 (36%)
 Flat 3 (2%) 0 4 (3%) 3 (8%) 5 (3%) 0
 Formal house 81 (56%) 5 (31%) 47 (35%) 11 (29%) 23 (14%) 2 (18%)

asignificant at <0.05 level