Table 2:

Psychometric properties of eight item CES-D scale, by gender

CES-D item	Total Sample (n=5,059)		Men (n=2,345)		Women (n=2,714)
	M(SD)	Item to total correlation	M(SD)	Item to total correlation	M(SD)	Item to total correlation
1. I felt depressed*	0.11 (0.32)	0.59	.09 (0.29)	0.50	0.13 (0.34)	0.62
2. Everything an effort*	0.37 (0.48)	0.48	0.39 (0.49)	0.47	0.35(0.48)	0.48
3. Sleep was restless*	0.33 (0.47)	0.53	0.29 (0.45)	0.53	0.36 (0.48)	0.52
4. I was happy	0.77 (0.42)	0.50	0.77 (0.42)	0.49	0.78 (0.42)	0.52
5. I felt lonely	0.14 (0.34)	0.52	0.13 (0.33)	0.49	0.14 (0.35)	0.53
6. I did not enjoy life	0.09 (0.29)	0.64	0.09 (0.28)	0.59	0.10 (0.30)	0.66
7. I felt sad	0.10 (0.29)	0.65	0.09 (0.29)	0.62	0.10 (0.30)	0.68
8. I could not get going	0.09 (0.08)	0.63	0.08 (0.27)	0.61	0.09 (0.29)	0.65
Total CES-D scale*	1.45 (1.61)		1.38 (1.52)		1.49 (1.68)
Cronbach’s alpha (standardized)		0.66		0.60		0.68

^*p<0.05 between genders