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Table 2 Depression (%) according to study year and parents’ education and employment status (number of persons in the group presented in the parentheses)

From: Self-reported depression is increasing among socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents – repeated cross-sectional surveys from Finland from 2000 to 2011

 

Boys

Girls

 

Depression (%)

Parents’ employment and education

2000–2001

2002–2003

2004–2005

2006–2007

2008–2009

2010–2011

2000–2001

2002–2003

2004–2005

2006–2007

2008–2009

2010–2011

High education employed

(18008)

(21333)

(24822)

(27125)

(27223)

(22366)

(15707)

(18906)

(22083)

(24913)

(25320)

(22227)

Mild

7.2

6.8

7.0

7.5

7.3

6.7

14.2

12.7

13.1

13.0

13.2

12.6

Moderate

5.7

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.2

4.6

10.8

9.7

10.9

11.0

11.1

10.8

Severe

1.6

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

2.7

2.5

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.3

High education unemployed

(5957)

(6017)

(6921)

(4402)

(7658)

(8162)

(5208)

(5348)

(6563)

(6204)

(7430)

8459)

Mild

9.7

8.9

9.8

10.1

10.2

8.6

15.5

15.2

15.5

16.1

16.2

16.0

Moderate

8.0

7.0

8.4

9.4

9.1

7.5

15.3

14.2

15.1

17.7

16.0

15.7

Severe

2.9

3.1

2.8

3.6

3.2

2.9

4.8

4.7

5.9

5.4

5.7

5.7

Medium education employed

(9765)

(10787)

(9799)

(10077)

(8728)

(9426)

(10998)

(11574)

(11006)

(11651)

(10242)

(8728)

Mild

7.2

6.6

7.4

7.8

7.9

6.7

14.3

13.3

13.8

14.4

14.4

13.6

Moderate

4.9

4.6

5.2

5.5

5.7

4.3

12.4

11.7

12.1

12.9

12.8

12.4

Severe

1.4

1.2

1.3

1.5

1.3

1.3

3.3

3.0

3.6

3.4

3.9

4.0

Medium education unemployed

(5659)

(5586)

(4697)

(3978)

(4177)

(4903)

(6829)

(5670)

(5823)

(5105)

(5287)

(5098)

Mild

9.4

8.6

10.1

10.9

11.1

9.2

16.5

16.3

16.6

16.5

16.7

15.5

Moderate

7.4

6.9

7.2

8.5

7.6

7.5

16.8

15.3

17.2

18.0

18.1

17.4

Severe

2.0

2.3

2.7

3.5

3.2

2.3

5.1

4.7

5.7

6.6

6.5

6.8

Low education employed

(2503)

(2372)

(2095)

(1907)

(1432)

(1908)

(2566)

(2235)

(2052)

(1956)

(1410)

(2139)

Mild

8.1

7.6

8.0

8.6

8.4

8.9

15.1

13.8

13.6

13.9

15.1

13.8

Moderate

5.6

5.5

5.8

7.4

8.0

5.3

14.1

13.0

14.7

14.3

15.7

14.8

Severe

2.2

2.9

2.7

2.4

4.1

2.7

4.6

3.5

4.4

5.3

5.4

5.1

Low education unemployed

(1580)

(1322)

(1319)

(1081)

(911)

(1441)

(1871)

(1493)

(1423)

(1125)

(1003)

(1851)

Mild

9.9

9.5

9.8

10.9

11.1

9.5

16.3

15.6

16.4

16.8

17.4

17.2

Moderate

7.7

10.1

7.5

11.7

11.1

7.2

18.1

18.1

19.2

18.1

18.2

20.3

Severe

6.5

9.1

9.1

13.0

13.7

12.8

6.4

6.8

9.0

9.9

12.4

11.5