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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants’ neighborhoods

From: Neighborhood income and major depressive disorder in a large Dutch population: results from the LifeLines Cohort study

  

Neighborhood income

 

All residential areas

Less than 1400 €/month

1400-1599 €/month

1600-1799 €/month

1800 €/month or more

N

1893

289

552

484

568

Demographic characteristics

     

 Neighborhoods in strongly urbanized area (N, %)a

456 (24.1)

74 (25.6)

104 (18.8)

93 (19.2)

185 (32.6)

 Non-western migrants (%, sd)

5.5 (8.7)

9.6 (14.6)

4.8 (7.9)

4.3 (6.5)

5.1 (6.1)

 Single occupied households (%, sd)

31.2 (15.2)

33.8 (17.5)

31.3 (13.8)

29.9 (13.7)

30.9 (16.2)

 Population older than 65 years (%, sd)

15.1 (8.0)

13.4 (6.2)

15.1 (7.3)

15.1 (7.6)

15.8 (9.5)

Socioeconomic characteristics

     

 Owner occupied houses (%, sd)

64.9 (20.6)

55.6 (26.4)

62.7 (19.2)

67.3 (16.8)

69.8 (19.5)

 Households receiving assistance benefits (%, sd)

3.8 (3.5)

7.0 (5.6)

4.3 (3.2)

2.9 (2.0)

2.2 (1.9)

 Households living below social minimum (%, sd)b

8.1 (5.1)

12.9 (6.6)

8.7 (4.5)

7.1 (3.8)

6.1 (3.8)

  1. aMore than 1500 addresses per km2. bDisposable household income less than 25100 per year