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Table 3 Parental status and depression

From: Association between Body Mass Index and depression: the "fat and jolly" hypothesis for adolescents girls

 

ADRS score Boys

ADRS score Girls

 

Not depressed

0-2

Sub-threshold depressed

3-5

Depressed

≥ 6

Not depressed

0-2

Sub-threshold depressed

3-5

Depressed

≥ 6

Parents working

      

yes

80.7

15.0

4.3

64.9

25.2

10.0

no

76.7

17.4

5.9

57.4

29.1

13.6

Parents together

      

yes

81.3

14.6

4.2

65.8

24.5

9.7

no (2)

77.6

17.1

5.3

60.4

27.8

11.8

  1. Source: ESCAPAD 2008, OFDT
  2. (2) This category includes young people whose parents are divorced or separated for other reasons, and those who have lost one or both parents.