Table 1 Characteristics of study population
| Â | Â | Neighborhood income | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | All residential areas | Less than 1400 €/month | 1400-1599 €/month | 1600-1799 €/month | 1800 €/month or more |
N | 71058 | 9315 | 29970 | 18400 | 13373 |
% Current major depressive episode | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
Individual equivalized income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean, sd | 1514 (568) | 1388 (556) | 1455 (554) | 1555 (570) | 1673 (565) |
 % Missing | 15.1 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Age (mean, sd) | 43.7 (11.6) | 42.1 (11.9) | 43.3 (11.6) | 44.1 (11.5) | 45.4 (11.3) |
 % Female | 58.0 | 59.0 | 58.1 | 57.8 | 57.3 |
 % Married | 61.6 | 53.9 | 61.5 | 62.4 | 66.2 |
Highest education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % Elementary | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
 % Lower secondary | 26.1 | 30.3 | 29.3 | 23.5 | 19.4 |
 % Upper secondary | 39.7 | 40.7 | 41.1 | 40.0 | 35.4 |
 % Tertiary | 29.9 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 32.7 | 41.4 |
 % Missing | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Diseases | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % No disease | 77.0 | 75.4 | 76.0 | 77.9 | 79.0 |
 % One disease | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
 % Two or more diseases | 13.5 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 11.8 |
Body mass index | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % < =18.5 kg/m2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
 % 18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2 | 45.0 | 44.6 | 42.8 | 45.6 | 49.1 |
 % 25–29.9 kg/m2 | 38.8 | 36.9 | 39.2 | 39.4 | 38.3 |
 % 30.0 - 34.9 kg/m2 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 9.5 |
 % > =35 kg/m2 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
Physical activity (at least 30. min) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % Physically inactive | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
 % One day per week | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.0 |
 % Two days per week | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
 % Three or more days per week | 70.3 | 67.9 | 68.6 | 71.4 | 74.4 |
Smoking | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % Never smoking | 43.3 | 42.3 | 41.4 | 45.1 | 45.8 |
 % Formerly smoking | 28.8 | 26.8 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 31.0 |
 % Currently smoking | 22.3 | 26.1 | 24.0 | 20.8 | 18.0 |
 % Missing | 5.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
Alcohol consumptiona | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % Abstaining | 21.2 | 23.2 | 23.5 | 19.5 | 17.0 |
 % Moderately drinking | 61.4 | 60.4 | 58.5 | 63.7 | 65.3 |
 % Heavily drinking | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 14.6 |
 % Missing | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
Stress | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No. of threatening events in past year (LTE),  0–12 (mean, sd) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.2 (1.4) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.0 (1.3) | 1.0 (1.2) |
 % Missing | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
 Score on long-term difficulty inventory (LDI),  0–24 (mean, sd) | 2.4 (2.4) | 2.7 (2.5) | 2.4 (2.4) | 2.4 (2.3) | 2.3 (2.3) |
 % Missing | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
Social participation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No. of personal contacts in past two weeks (mean, sd) | 18.2 (14.5) | 17.8 (14.6) | 18.1 (14.5) | 18.3 (14.4) | 18.8 (14.6) |
 No. of participations in clubs or groups, 0–6 (mean, sd) | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.9 (0.9) | 1.0 (0.9) | 0.9 (0.9) |
 Score on social need fulfillment scale (SPF-IL), 0–27 (mean, sd) | 16.0 (3.5) | 15.7 (3.6) | 15.9 (3.6) | 16.0 (3.4) | 16.3 (3.4) |
 % Missing | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 |