Table 1.

Associations between participant characteristics and prevalence of case level depressive symptoms

	n	Depression prevalence (%)	OR	95% CI	X² (df)	p value
Age					6.29 (3)	p = 0.100
< 22	207	34.3	Reference
23–25	165	37.6	1.15	0.75–1.77
26–29	172	26.2	0.68	0.44–1.06
> 30	168	36.9	1.12	0.73–1.71
Child number					10.43 (2)	p = 0.005
0	376	31.9	Reference
1	229	30.1	0.92	0.64–1.31
≥ 2	111	46.8	1.88	1.22–2.89
Education year					1.39 (3)	p = 0.707
≤ 5	232	33.2	Reference
6–8	142	33.8	1.03	0.66–1.60
9–11	242	35.1	1.09	0.75–1.59
≥ 12	82	28.0	0.79	0.45–1.37
Physical health					14.81 (2)	p = 0.001
Very good	129	31.0	Reference
Good	443	30.2	0.97	0.63–1.48
Average and below	141	47.5	2.02	1.22–3.32
Life events					29.50 (2)	p = 0.000
0	378	25.1	Reference
1	211	39.8	1.97	1.37–2.83
2 and more	126	49.2	2.89	1.90–4.39
Past mental health problems					59.85 (1)	p = 0.000
No	298	17.8	Reference
Yes	402	45.8	3.90	2.73–5.57