Table 1.
Association between demographic characteristics and depression
| Demographic characteristic | Total cohort n = 393 (%) |
Depression classification | Χ2 | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal n (%) |
Mild n (%) |
Moderate n(%) |
Severe n (%) |
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| Age | |||||||
| 18–30 | 84 (21.4) | 28 (68.2) | 22 (25.9) | 4 (4.7) | 1 (1.2) | 3.04 | 0.80 |
| 31–43 | 181 (46.1) | 140 (76.9) | 35 (19.2) | 6 (3.3) | 1 (0.6) | ||
| 44–50 | 128 (32.5) | 90 (70.3) | 32 (25.0) | 5 (3.9) | 1 (0.8) | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 49 (12.5) | 32 (65.3) | 15 (30.6) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | 28.7 | 0.018* |
| Married | 186 (47.3) | 148 (79.6) | 33 (17.7) | 4 (2.2) | 1 (0.5) | ||
| Divorced/separated | 58 (14.8) | 39 (67.2) | 13 (22.4) | 6 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Widow/widower | 100 (25.4) | 68 (68.0) | 28 (28.0) | 3 (3.0) | 1 (1.0) | ||
| Education level | |||||||
| No formal | 32 (8.1) | 17 (53.1) | 11 (34.4) | 3 (9.4) | 1 (3.1) | 28.2 | 0.02* |
| Primary | 221 (56.2) | 163 (73.7) | 48 (21.7) | 9 (4.1) | 1 (0.5) | ||
| Secondary | 101 (25.7) | 79 (78.2) | 19 (18.8) | 3 (3.0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Vocational/Tertiary | 39 (9.9) | 28 (71.8) | 10 (25.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.6) | ||
| Employment | |||||||
| Full time | 129 (23.8) | 102 (79.1) | 22 (17.1) | 5 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 23.0 | 0.34 |
| Part time | 55 (14.0) | 40 (72.7) | 10 (18.2) | 3 (5.5) | 2 (3.6) | ||
| Peasant | 178 (45.3) | 122 (68.5) | 49 (27.5) | 6 (3.4) | 1 (0.6) | ||
| Unemployed | 13 (3.3) | 7 (53.8) | 5 (38.5) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Others | 18 (4.6) | 16 (88.9) | 2 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Religion | |||||||
| Anglican | 212 (53.9) | 151 (71.2) | 49 (23.1) | 10 (4.7) | 2 (0.9) | 6.4 | 0.70 |
| Catholic | 131 (33.3) | 97 (74.0) | 30 (22.9) | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.8) | ||
| Moslem | 21 (5.3) | 17 (81.0) | 2 (9.5) | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Others | 29 (7.4) | 22 (75.9) | 7 (24.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
*reflects statistically significant results (P< or = 0.05)