Distribution of subjects according to level of depression and sociodemographic variables of interest
| Depression level Total, N=1248 | ||||||
| Variable | Absence of symptoms | Minor | Less than major | Major/more than major | Total | P value |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 203 (58.17) | 58 (16.62) | 42 (12.03) | 46 (13.18) | 349 | |
| Female | 442 (49.17) | 194 (21.58) | 131 (14.57) | 132 (14.68) | 899 | 0.036* |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–23 | 410 (48.29) | 175 (20.61) | 125 (14.72) | 139 (16.37) | 849 | 0.0448* |
| 24–29 | 124 (57.67) | 40 (18.6) | 30 (13.95) | 21 (9.77) | 215 | |
| 30–39 | 63 (60.58) | 19 (18.27) | 9 (8.65) | 13 (12.5) | 104 | |
| 40–49 | 25 (59.52) | 6 (14.29) | 6 (14.29) | 5 (11.9) | 42 | |
| 50–59 | 14 (58.33) | 8 (33.33) | 2 (8.33) | 0 (0) | 24 | |
| ≥60 | 9 (64.29) | 4 (28.57) | 1 (7.14) | 0 (0) | 14 | |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Independent student | 145 (59.43) | 41 (16.8) | 36 (14.75) | 22 (9.02) | 244 | |
| Dependent student | 418 (48.05) | 185 (21.26) | 122 (14.02) | 145 (16.67) | 870 | 0.0047* |
| Working | 61 (61) | 21 (21) | 12 (12) | 6 (6) | 100 | |
| Retired | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 | |
| Other | 15 (53.57) | 5 (17.86) | 3 (10.71) | 5 (17.86) | 28 | |
| Children | ||||||
| No | 522 (49.9) | 212 (20.27) | 156 (14.91) | 156 (14.91) | 1046 | 0.0115* |
| Yes | 123 (60.89) | 40 (19.8) | 17 (8.42) | 22 (10.89) | 202 | |
Source: own elaboration.
Values within parentheses are percentages with respect to the table row.
*P<0.05.