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Table 2 Sociodemographic distribution of the sample by country-income level, among those with 12-month major depressive disorder

From: Determinants of effective treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

 

All countries

(n = 3341)

High income countries

(n = 1991)

Low/middle income countries

(n = 1350)

 

%/Mean

(SE)

%/Mean

(SE)

%/Mean

(SE)

Gender

      

 Male

30.4

(1.1)

31.3

(1.3)

29.1

(1.8)

 Female

69.6

(1.1)

68.7

(1.3)

70.9

(1.8)

Age Group

      

 18–29

28.7

(1.1)

25.5

(1.4)

33.6

(1.8)

 30–44

33.9

(1.0)

32.7

(1.2)

35.7

(1.8)

 45–59

25.1

(0.9)

26.7

(1.2)

22.8

(1.3)

 60 + 

12.3

(0.7)

15.2

(1.1)

8.0

(0.9)

Marital status

      

 Separated, divorced, or widowed

19.8

(0.8)

20.8

(1.1)

18.4

(1.2)

 Never married

26.5

(1.1)

26.1

(1.5)

27.1

(1.7)

 Married or cohabitating

53.7

(1.1)

53.1

(1.5)

54.6

(1.8)

Income

      

 Low

31.1

(1.0)

30.5

(1.4)

32.1

(1.6)

 Low-average

24.3

(0.9)

24.7

(1.2)

23.8

(1.6)

 Average-high

24.0

(0.9)

26.2

(1.1)

20.8

(1.6)

 High

20.5

(0.9)

18.6

(1.1)

23.4

(1.6)

Education

      

 Low

20.9

(0.8)

21.6

(1.1)

19.9

(1.2)

 Low-average

30.1

(1.1)

33.3

(1.4)

25.3

(1.6)

 Average-high

29.1

(1.0)

25.5

(1.3)

34.6

(1.7)

 High

19.8

(1.0)

19.5

(1.4)

20.3

(1.4)

Insurance

      

 Direct private/optional insurance (yes)

17.3

(0.9)

21.5

(1.3)

11.1

(1.3)

Employment status

      

 Homemaker

15.6

(0.8)

9.4

(0.7)

24.8

(1.4)

 Other

16.1

(0.8)

17.5

(1.1)

14.1

(1.1)

 Retired

8.9

(0.6)

11.9

(0.9)

4.3

(0.8)

 Student

4.7

(0.6)

4.5

(0.8)

4.9

(0.9)

 Working

54.7

(1.2)

56.6

(1.6)

51.9

(1.8)

Severity

      

 Severe

36.8

(1.1)

36.5

(1.4)

37.1

(1.8)

 Moderate

45.1

(1.1)

45.5

(1.4)

44.5

(1.7)

 Mild

18.1

(0.8)

18.0

(1.1)

18.3

(1.2)

Survey yeara

      

 Continuous

3.8

(0.1)

3.4

(0.2)

4.3

(0.1)

  1. aSurvey year is continuous, so the mean is shown instead of %