Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for independent life events, dependent life events and depression symptoms
| Independent life events N (%) |
Dependent life events N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| N reported events | |||
| 0 | 708 (18.02) | 791 (20.13) | |
| 1 | 746 (18.99) | 679 (17.28) | |
| 2 | 664 (16.90) | 636 (16.19) | |
| 3 | 573 (14.58) | 456 (11.61) | |
| 4 | 450 (11.45) | 377 (9.60) | |
| 5 | 355 (9.04) | 284 (7.23) | |
| 6+ | 433 (11.02) | 706 (17.97) |
| Independent life events | Dependent life events | BDI-II depression symptoms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | 3.03 (2.89) | 2.64 (2.18) | 4.86 (6.19) |
| Range | 0–12 | 0–21 | 0–53 |
| Skew | 0.80 | 1.25 | 2.28 |
| Cronbach’s α | 0.61 | 0.73 | 0.62 |
After transformation and age and sex regression the skew statistics for Independent life event, dependent life events and depression symptoms were 0.22, 0.48 and 0.29, respectively
SD standard deviation