Table 1 Demographic, social and affective characteristics of Swiss health survey participants, 2007
Major depressive disorder | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Total N = 12,286) | Absent (n = 11,760) | Present (n = 526) | |
Age, M (SD) | 49.1 (16.4) | 49.3 (16.5) | 45.2 (14.2) |
Percent female (N) | 54.1 (6643) | 53.6 (6300) | 65.2 (343) |
Nationality, percent (N) | |||
Swiss | 89.5 (10,099) | 89.7 (10,553) | 84.8 (446) |
Italian | 2.2 (267) | 2.1 (246) | 4.0 (21) |
Other | 8.3 (1018) | 8.2 (959) | 11.2 (59) |
Missing | .02 (2) | .02 (2) | |
Regional language, (N) | |||
German | 63.0 (7739) | 63.2 (7430) | 58.8 (309) |
French | 29.7 (3645) | 29.5 (3472) | 32.9 (173) |
Italian | 7.3 (902) | 7.3 (858) | 8.4 (44) |
Education, percent (N) | |||
Mandatory | 9.5 (1168) | 9.3 (1098) | 13.3 (70) |
Secondary | 60.5 (7427) | 60.5 (7110) | 60.3 (317) |
High school | 9.2 (1129) | 9.2 (1087) | 8.0 (42) |
University | 20.9 (2562) | 21.0 (2465) | 18.4 (97) |
Marital status, percent (N) | |||
Single/divorced/widowed/separated | 44.8 (5500) | 44.1 (5186) | 59.7 (314) |
Married/cohabiting | 55.2 (6777) | 55.8 (6565) | 40.3 (212) |
Missing | .07 (9) | .07 (9) | |
Lonely (how often) | |||
Never | 69.3 (8511) | 70.9 (8333) | 33.8 (178) |
Sometimes | 27.1 (3333) | 26.5 (3118) | 40.9 (215) |
Quite often/very often | 3.5 (430) | 2.5 (297) | 25.3 (133) |
Missing | 0.1 (12) | 0.1 (12) | |
Confidant (someone to talk to about problems?) | |||
No one | 4.5 (551) | 4.2 (497) | 10.3 (54) |
One person | 24.3 (2981) | 24.2 (2846) | 25.7 (135) |
Many people | 71.0 (8728) | 71.4 (8392) | 63.9 (336) |
Missing | 0.2 (26) | 0.2 (25) | 0.2 (1) |
Unmet support (do you ever miss having someone to talk to about your problems?) | |||
No | 80.3 (9861) | 81.2 (9547) | 59.7 (314) |
Yes | 19.5 (2398) | 18.6 (2189) | 39.7 (209) |
Missing | 0.2 (27) | 0.2 (24) | 0.6 (3) |
Tangible support (do you have family or a neighbor to help and support you with daily activities?) | |||
No one | 6.3 (778) | 6.0 (704) | 14.1 (74) |
One person | 9.9 (1212) | 9.8 (1151) | 11.6 (61) |
Many people | 83.1 (10209) | 83.5 (9821) | 73.8 (388) |
Missing | 0.7 (87) | 0.7 (84) | 0.6 (3) |
Social contacts quintile | |||
0-9 | 12.3 (1514) | 12.1 (1424) | 17.1 (90) |
10-12 | 28.6 (3511) | 28.5 (3347) | 31.2 (164) |
13-14 | 25.2 (3091) | 25.1 (2949) | 27.0 (142) |
15-16 | 21.2 (2610) | 21.6 (2534) | 14.5 (76) |
17-21 | 12.7 (1560) | 12.8 (1506) | 10.3 (54) |
Depressive symptoms, M (SD) | 3.4 (3.2) | 3.2 (2.9) | 7.9 (4.7) |