Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of a study sample of urban adults in Korea
| n | Proportion (%) | Mean depressive symptom score | |
| Marriage | |||
| Currently married/cohabiting | 19 037 | 89.76 | 4.25 |
| Never married | 514 | 2.42 | 5.11 |
| Separated/divorced | 671 | 3.16 | 8.07 |
| Widowed | 957 | 4.51 | 6.20 |
| Others | 29 | 0.14 | 5.59 |
| Age (yrs) | |||
| 40≤age<50 | 8387 | 39.55 | 4.44 |
| 50≤age<60 | 8098 | 38.18 | 4.61 |
| 60≤age<70 | 4723 | 22.27 | 4.34 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 7978 | 37.62 | 3.62 |
| Female | 13 230 | 62.38 | 5.01 |
| Education | |||
| Primary school or below | 3242 | 15.29 | 5.67 |
| High school graduate | 12 830 | 60.50 | 4.46 |
| College degree | 4277 | 20.17 | 3.90 |
| Graduate school or higher | 859 | 4.05 | 3.31 |
| Job | |||
| Non-manual | 3776 | 17.80 | 3.72 |
| Service and sales workers | 3983 | 18.78 | 4.22 |
| Manual | 4324 | 20.39 | 4.21 |
| Armed forces occupation | 24 | 0.11 | 2.21 |
| Housewives | 7106 | 33.51 | 5.33 |
| Unemployed | 1895 | 8.94 | 4.00 |
| Others | 100 | 0.47 | 5.37 |
| Income (Korean 10 000 Won)* | |||
| <100 | 2636 | 12.43 | 7.08 |
| 100≤income <300 | 9715 | 45.81 | 4.42 |
| 300≤income <600 | 7285 | 34.35 | 3.86 |
| 600<income | 1572 | 7.41 | 3.40 |
| Level of positive social support | |||
| Low | 833 | 3.93 | 11.51 |
| Medium | 1778 | 8.38 | 9.07 |
| High | 18 597 | 87.69 | 3.73 |
| Level of negative social support | |||
| Low | 18 856 | 88.91 | 3.66 |
| Medium | 1724 | 8.13 | 10.00 |
| High | 628 | 2.96 | 14.16 |
*US$1 ≒ 1128 Korea Won.