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Table 1 Participants’ depression, social and demographic characteristics

From: Socioeconomic status, loneliness, and depression among older adults: a cross-sectional study in Spain

Variable

Total

Living alone

Living with partner

Nursing home

Depression (risk, cut-off point = 2)

29.9%

29.5%

18.1%

54.3%

Loneliness (risk, cut-off point = 3)

26.2%

29.1%

15.4%

44.5%

Women

62.1%

66.3%

53.4%

72.3%

Have children

80.6%

76.2%

90.6%

68.5%

Limitation on ADL

    

Not limited

54.1%

53.5%

62.3%

39.8%

Limited

34.5%

38.4%

29.9%

37.6%

Strongly limited

10.9%

8.1%

7.8%

22.6%

Education

    

Incomplete primary education

23.7%

25.5%

15.6%

37.0%

Complete primary education

44.8%

45.5%

46.4%

40.3%

Secondary

15.0%

15.7%

16.2%

11.1%

University

16.6%

13.3%

21.8%

11.6%

Economic harship

26.7%

28.6%

27.9%

19.6%

Living arrangement

    

Living alone

37.4%

-

-

-

Living with partner only

41.8%

-

-

-

Nursing home

20.7%

-

-

-