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Table 3 Relationship between depression and the sociodemographic factors

From: Relation between depression and sociodemographic factors

Variable

B

SE (B)

P-value

OR‡

95% CI for OR

     

Lower

Upper

A: Lifetime depression

      

Age/10§

-0.10

0.03

<0.0001

0.90

0.86

0.95

Gender

      

   Female†

   

1.00

  

   Male

-0.53

0.09

<0.0001

0.59

0.50

0.70

Marital Status

      

   Single†

   

1.00

  

   Married

0.00

0.12

0.998

1.00

0.78

1.28

   Common-law

0.90

0.18

<0.0001

2.46

1.73

3.51

   Widowed

0.26

0.19

0.182

1.30

0.89

1.90

   Separated

0.97

0.17

<0.0001

2.65

1.91

3.67

   Divorced

1.20

0.15

<0.0001

3.33

2.46

4.50

Education

      

   Less than secondary†

   

1.00

  

   Secondary

0.23

0.14

0.096

1.26

0.96

1.66

   Post-secondary

0.43

0.12

0.0003

1.54

1.22

1.93

Household income

-0.20

0.14

<0.0001

0.82

0.74

0.90

Immigrant status (yes, no)

-0.52

0.14

0.0001

0.60

0.46

0.78

Constant

-1.05

0.23

<0.0001

0.35

0.22

0.55

B: 12-month depression

      

Age/10§

-0.19

0.05

<0.0001

0.83

0.76

0.90

Gender

      

   Female†

   

1.00

  

   Male

-0.46

0.14

0.0008

0.63

0.48

0.83

Marital Status

      

   Single†

   

1.00

  

   Married

-0.36

0.19

0.0651

0.70

0.48

1.02

   Common-law

0.89

0.28

0.0016

2.43

1.40

4.23

   Widowed

0.18

0.32

0.5713

1.20

0.64

2.24

   Separated

1.16

0.23

<0.0001

3.20

2.05

4.97

   Divorced

1.01

0.23

<0.0001

2.76

1.75

4.33

Education

      

   Less than secondary†

   

1.00

  

   Secondary

0.06

0.19

0.753

1.06

0.73

1.55

   Post-secondary

0.30

0.17

0.073

1.35

0.97

1.86

Household income

-0.35

0.59

<0.0001

0.71

0.63

0.79

Immigrant status (yes, no)

-0.19

0.19

0.3266

0.83

0.57

1.20

Constant

-0.99

0.32

0.0022

-

0.19

0.70

  1. ‡ Odds ratio, § Age divided by 10, † Reference group