Table 4.
Comparison of depressive symptoms between the four classes (N = 1,244).
| Variables |
Total
(n = 1,244) M ± SD |
Class 1
(n = 243) M ± SD |
Class 2
(n = 83) M ± SD |
Class 3
(n = 76) M ± SD |
Class 4
(n = 842) M ± SD |
F (p) | Post hoc (Bonferroni) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressive symptoms | 17.07 ± 5.34 | 13.91 ± 4.43 | 16.49 ± 5.27 | 16.74 ± 4.95 | 18.07 ± 5.25 | 44.42 (<0.001) | 1 <2 = 3 <4 |
Covariates (gender, age, education level of parents, foreign parent's country of origin, income) were included in non-parametric ANCOVA.