Table 1.
Characteristics of employee respondents, overall and by history of depression (weighted per cent, 95% CI)
| Respondent characteristics | Overall sample n=16 018 | Individuals reporting a history of depression n=2985 | Individuals with no history of depression n=13 033 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 55.2 (54.4 to 56.0) | 43.3 (41.4 to 45.1) | 58.0 (57.1 to 58.9) |
| Female | 44.8 (44.0 to 45.6) | 56.7 (54.9 to 58.6) | 42.0 (41.1 to 42.9) |
| Age | |||
| 16–24 | 34.7 (33.9 to 35.5) | 32.8 (31.0 to 34.6) | 35.2 (34.3 to 36.1) |
| 25–44 | 51.4 (50.6 to 52.2) | 53.2 (51.3 to 55.1) | 51.0 (50.1to 51.9) |
| 45–64 | 13.9 (13.3 to 14.5) | 14.0 (12.7 to 15.4) | 13.9 (13.2 to 14.5) |
| Education | |||
| Low | 42.5 (41.2 to 43.8) | 41.9 (39.0 to 44.9) | 42.6 (41.1 to 44.2) |
| Medium | 22.3 (21.2 to 23.4) | 23.5 (21.1 to 26.0) | 22.0 (20.8 to 23.2) |
| High | 35.2 (33.9 to 36.5) | 34.5 (31.6 to 37.4) | 35.3 (33.9 to 36.8) |
| Working status | |||
| Full time | 72.6 (71.9 to 73.4) | 66.4 (64.6 to 68.2) | 74.1 (73.3 to 74.9) |
| Part time | 22.3 (21.6 to 23.0) | 27.3 (25.7 to 29.0) | 21.1 (20.4 to 21.9) |
| Previously employed in last 12 months | 5.1 (4.7 to 5.4) | 13.7 (5.3 to 7.1) | 4.8 (4.4 to 5.1) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 28.3 (27.6 to 29.1) | 29.0 (26.8 to 31.3) | 28.3 (27.5 to 29.1) |
| Married/cohabitating | 62.8 (61.6 to 64.2) | 58.0 (53.8 to 62.2) | 64.0 (62.5 to 65.9) |
| Divorced separated | 7.3 (6.8 to 7.9) | 10.9 (8.8 to 13.0) | 6.3 (5.7 to 6.9) |
| Widowed | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.0) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.3) | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) |
| Refused | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.7) | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) |
| Company size | |||
| Small (1–50 employees) | 45.1 (44.0 to 46.1) | 44.1 (41.7 to 46.5) | 45.3 (44.2 to 46.4) |
| Medium (51–250 employees) | 18.9 (18.1 to 19.7) | 19.0 (17.1 to 21.0) | 18.8 (17.9 to 19.7) |
| Large (250 + employees) | 32.2 (31.2 to 33.2) | 33.7 (31.4 to 36.1) | 31.9 (30.9 to 33.0) |
| Do not know | 3.8 (3.4 to 4.2) | 3.1 (2.3 to 4.0) | 4.0 (3.5 to 4.4) |