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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by gender in the study

From: Association between housing environment and depressive symptoms among older people: a multidimensional assessment

Variable categories

Men (N = 391)

Women (N = 547)

All (N = 938)

n %

n %

n %

Age (yr.)

 60–69

233

(59.6)

346

(63.2)

579

(61.7)

 70–79

135

(34.5)

157

(28.7)

292

(31.1)

  ≥ 80

23

(5.9)

44

(8.1)

67

(7.2)

Education levels (yr.)

 0–6

45

(11.5)

132

(24.1)

177

(18.9)

 7–9

166

(42.5)

191

(34.9)

357

(38.1)

 10–12

98

(25.1)

120

(22.0)

218

(23.2)

 13+

82

(20.9)

104

(19.0)

186

(19.8)

Individual income

 ¥0 to 1999

235

(60.1)

319

(58.3)

554

(59.1)

 ¥2000 to 3999

88

(22.5)

155

(28.3)

243

(25.9)

 ¥4000 and Over

68

(17.4)

73

(13.4)

141

(15.0)

Marital status

 Married

354

(90.5)

400

(73.1)

754

(80.4)

 Non-married

37

(9.5)

147

(26.9)

184

(19.6)

Smoking status

 Yes

120

(30.7)

8

(1.5)

128

(13.7)

 No

271

(69.3)

539

(98.5)

810

(86.3)

Alcohol use

 Yes

151

(38.6)

41

(7.5)

192

(20.5)

 No

240

(61.4)

506

(92.5)

746

(79.5)

Regular physical activity

 Yes

136

(34.8)

239

(43.7)

375

(40.0)

 No

255

(65.2)

308

(56.3)

563

(60.0)

Chronic disease status

 Yes

263

(67.3)

365

(66.7)

628

(67.0)

 No

128

(32.7)

182

(33.3)

310

(33.0)

Time before falling asleep (min)

  ≤ 10

124

(31.7)

157

(28.7)

281

(30.0)

 11–29

59

(15.1)

105

(19.2)

164

(17.5)

 30–59

134

(34.3)

171

(31.3)

305

(32.5)

  ≥ 60

74

(18.9)

114

(20.8)

188

(20.0)

Depression score (points)

  <  5

324

(82.9)

421

(76.9)

745

(79.4)

 5–9

54

(13.8)

107

(19.6)

161

(17.2)

  ≥ 10

13

(3.3)

19

(3.5)

32

(3.4)