Table 2. The overall prevalence of depressive symptoms among students at Tra Vinh University, Vietnam according to their demographic characteristics (n = 405).
| Variables | Values | Total | Depressive symptoms |
p | |
| Yes (%) | No (%) | ||||
| Age | 19 | 176 | 74 (42.1) | 102 (57.9) | 0.638 |
| 20 | 76 | 33 (43.4) | 43 (56.6) | ||
| 21 | 96 | 47 (49.0) | 49 (51.0) | ||
| > 21 | 57 | 28 (49.1) | 29 (50.9) | ||
| Gender | Male | 136 | 63 (46.3) | 73 (53.7) | 0.690 |
| Female | 269 | 119 (44.2) | 150 (55.8) | ||
| Ethnicity | Kinh | 283 | 126 (44.5) | 157 (55.5) | 0.798 |
| Others | 122 | 56 (45.9) | 66 (54.1) | ||
| Religion | Yes | 147 | 72 (49.0) | 75 (51.0) | 0.217 |
| No | 258 | 110 (42.6) | 148 (57.4) | ||
| Part-time jobs | Yes | 108 | 52 (48.2) | 56 (51.8) | 0.434 |
| No | 297 | 130 (43.8) | 167 (56.2) | ||
| Marital status | Without a partner | 265 | 120 (45.3) | 145 (54.7) | 0.848 |
| With a partner | 140 | 62 (44.3) | 78 (55.7) | ||
| Household economy | Poor and near-poor | 36 | 26 (72.2) | 10 (27.8) | 0.001 |
| Other | 369 | 156 (42.3) | 213 (57.7) | ||