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Table 1 Distribution of depression according to general characteristics

From: The relationship between depressive symptoms among female workers and job stress and sleep quality

Variable

Number (%)

Mean

CES-D score N (%)

p-value *

<21

≥21

Age (years)

    

<0.001

≤24

2,396(49.1)

14.6

1,799(75.1)

597(24.9)

 

25-29

1,971(40.4)

12.5

1,627(82.5)

344(17.5)

 

≥30

516(10.6)

9.4

479(92.8)

37(7.2)

 

Educational level

    

<0.001

≤High school

2,852(58.4)

14.6

2,161(75.8)

691(24.2)

 

≥College

2,031(41.6)

11.2

1,744(85.9)

287(14.1)

 

Marital status

    

<0.001

Unmarried

3,967(81.2)

14.0

3,082(77.7)

885(22.3)

 

Married

887(18.2)

9.7

803(90.5)

84(9.5)

 

Divorced or widowed

29(0.6)

16.9

20(69.0)

9(31.0)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

    

<0.001

<18.5

727(14.9)

13.1

575(79.1)

152(20.9)

 

18.5-24.9

3,602(73.8)

12.9

2,925(81.2)

677(18.8)

 

≥25.0

554(11.3)

15.0

405(73.1)

149(26.9)

 

Smoking habit

    

0.993

Non-smoker

2,888(59.1)

13.3

2,311(80.0)

577(20.0)

 

Ex-smoker

699(14.3)

13.1

558(79.8)

141(20.2)

 

Current smoker

1,296(26.5)

13.0

1,036(79.9)

260(20.1)

 

Alcohol drinking

    

<0.001

<1 time per week

2,081(42.6)

12.7

1,709(82.1)

372(17.9)

 

≥1 time per week

2,802(57.4)

13.6

2,196(78.4)

606(21.6)

 

Regular exercise

    

0.755

<3 times per week

1,279(26.2)

13.3

1,019(79.7)

260(20.3)

 

≥3 times per week

3,604(73.8)

13.2

2,886(80.1)

718(19.9)

 

Job tenure (years)

    

<0.001

<1

179(3.7)

11.2

153(85.5)

26(14.5)

 

1-4

1,621(33.2)

14.4

1,224(75.5)

397(24.5)

 

5-9

2,540(52.0)

13.1

2,050(80.7)

490(19.3)

 

≥10

543(11.1)

10.7

478(88.0)

65(12.0)

 

Total

4,883(100.0)

13.2

3,905(80.0)

978(20.0)

<0.001

  1. *comparison by chi-squared test.