Table 1.
Characterization of men and women according to the level of social capital of ELSA-Brasil.
| Variables | Categories | n total (%) | Depression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not depressed | Incidence | Maintenance | |||
| (%) | (%) | (%) | |||
| MEN n = 6,192 | |||||
| Prestige and Education | Low | 1,115 (18.0) | 96.7 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| Average | 1,988 (32.1) | 97.7 | 2.0 | 0.4 | |
| High | 3,089 (49.9) | 97.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | |
| Social Support | Low | 669 (10.8) | 95.5 | 3.6 | 0.9 |
| Average | 1,684 (27.2) | 97.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | |
| High | 3,839 (62.0) | 97.4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | |
| Age | 35–44 | 1,448 (23.4) | 96.5 | 3.1 | 0.4* |
| 45–54 | 2,446 (39.5) | 97.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | |
| 55–64 | 1,639 (26.5) | 97.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | |
| 65–74 | 659 (10.6) | 98.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | |
| Education | Complete elementary school | 917 (14.8) | 96.4 | 2.8 | 0.8* |
| Complete high school | 1,972 (31.8) | 96.4 | 2.7 | 0.8 | |
| Complete higher education/Postgraduate | 3,129 (50.5) | 97.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |
| Marital status | Single | 322 (5.2) | 97.2 | 2.5 | 0.3* |
| Divorced | 713 (11.5) | 96.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | |
| Married/united | 5,089 (82.2) | 95.9 | 2.2 | 0.4 | |
| Widowed | 68 (1.1) | 97.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | |
| WOMEN n = 7,268 | |||||
| Prestige and Education | Low | 1,125 (15.5) | 92.4 | 5.3 | 2.8* |
| Average | 2,546 (35.0) | 93.8 | 4.2 | 1.9 | |
| High | 3,597 (49.5) | 93.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | |
| Social Support | Low | 684 (9.4) | 91.5 | 5.0 | 3.5* |
| Average | 1,975 (27.2) | 92.8 | 4.7 | 2.5 | |
| High | 4,609 (63.4) | 93.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | |
| Age | 35–44 | 1,614 (22.2) | 93.3 | 4.6 | 2.0* |
| 45–54 | 2,908 (40.0) | 92.3 | 5.5 | 2.2 | |
| 55–64 | 2,081 (28.6) | 94.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 | |
| 65–74 | 665 (9.2) | 96.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | |
| Education | Complete elementary school | 627 (8.6) | 90.3 | 6.4 | 3.3* |
| Complete high school | 2,594 (35.7) | 91.5 | 5.9 | 2.5 | |
| Complete higher education/Postgraduate | 4,047 (55.7) | 95.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | |
| Marital status | Single | 1,065 (14.7) | 95.4 | 3.3 | 1.2* |
| Divorced | 1,940 (26.7) | 92.0 | 5.4 | 2.6 | |
| Married/united | 4,008 (55.1) | 93.6 | 4.9 | 1.6 | |
| Widow | 467 (6.4) | 92.1 | 6.1 | 1.7 | |
*
p-value < 0.05.