Table 5.

Comparison of depression among older people by gender in urban and rural areas.

Variables	Female (n = 4110)			Male (n = 4273)
	n	n	Rate (%)	n	n	Rate (%)
Area
Urban area	859	248	28.87	789	147	18.63
Urban–rural area	278	96	34.53	282	68	24.11
Rural area	2973	1362	45.81	3202	954	29.79
${\chi }^2$			84.76			41.29
p			<0.001			<0.001