Association of socioeconomic status in childhood with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder: results from the World Mental Health Japan survey 2002–2006

Table 1 Weighted distribution of characteristics by gender

			Men (n = 734)	Women (n = 948)	p-value
			%	%
Demographics	Age	<30 years	13.9	15.1	0.26
		30-39 years	18.0	14.3
		40-49 years	16.7	14.9
		50-59 years	20.2	18.3
		60-69 years	15.4	15.8
		70-79 years	11.8	14.2
		80+ years	4.0	7.4
Socioeconomic status in childhood	Parental education	0-11 years	35.6	39.5	0.35
		12 years	22.6	20.5
		13+ years	15.4	11.7
		Unknown	26.4	28.3
Childhood characteristics	Parental mental illness	Yes	2.3	2.7	0.62
	Physical illness	Yes	2.9	3.4	0.69
Socioeconomic status in adult	Education	0-11 years	25.5	31.1	<0.001
		12 years	31.2	33.2
		13-15 years	15.4	24.3
		16+ years	27.9	11.4
	Annual household income	<3 million yen	26.8	36.6	<0.001
		3- < 10 million yen	54.9	52.0
		10+ million yen	18.3	11.5
Mental disorders	Major depression		4.7	8.6	<0.001
	Generalized anxiety disorder		2.8	3.0	0.83

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