Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and the distribution of depressive symptoms among the study population, LASI Wave 1 (2017–2018), Total, N = 73,396
Background characteristics | N/ % Descriptive characteristics | N/% Depressive symptoms (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|
Age groups (Years) | ||
< 50 | 25.9 | 23.5 (22.2, 24.7) |
50–59 | 28.2 | 27.4 (25.6, 29.2) |
60–69 | 26.8 | 28.8 (27.6, 30.0) |
70–79 | 13.9 | 31.2 (29.4, 33.0) |
80+ | 5.2 | 34.7 (31.8, 37.8) |
Sex | ||
Male | 42.0 | 25.6 (24.5, 26.7) |
Female | 58.0 | 29.1 (28.1, 30.0) |
Marital status | ||
Currently married | 75.6 | 25.2 (24.4, 26.1) |
Otherwise | 24.4 | 35.2 (33.5, 36.8) |
Place of residence | ||
Rural | 68.2 | 28.4 (27.8, 29.0) |
Urban | 31.8 | 25.9 (24.0, 28.0) |
Caste | ||
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 8.8 | 25.4 (23.6, 27.3) |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 19.6 | 31.3 (29.9, 32.6) |
Other backward class (OBC) | 44.9 | 27.5 (26.3, 28.7) |
None of above | 26.6 | 25.4 (24.4, 26.5) |
Education | ||
No schooling | 49.5 | 31.6 (30.7, 32.6) |
Middle or less | 32.0 | 25.6 (24.5, 26.6) |
Secondary and above | 18.5 | 20.5 (18.2, 23.0) |
Income quintile | ||
Poorest | 21.4 | 32.7 (31.3, 34.1) |
Poorer | 19.6 | 29.4 (28.1, 30.8) |
Middle | 19.5 | 27.6 (26.2, 29.0) |
Richer | 19.2 | 25.8 (24.4, 27.2) |
Richest | 20.3 | 21.9 (20.0, 24.0) |
Mothers’ education | ||
No schooling | 90.3 | 28.4 (27.7, 29.2) |
Middle (primary) or less | 8.2 | 22.0 (19.9, 24.2) |
Secondary and above | 1.5 | 15.5 (10.7, 21.9) |
Fathers’ education | ||
No schooling | 72.4 | 29.3 (28.5, 30.1) |
Middle (primary) or less | 19.6 | 24.4 (23.0, 25.9) |
Secondary and above | 8.0 | 21.7 (17.4, 26.8) |
Childhood SES | ||
Pretty well off | 8.1 | 23.6 (21.2, 26.0) |
Average | 49.8 | 27.1 (25.9, 28.3) |
Poor | 42.1 | 29.0 (28.1, 30.0) |
Ever bedridden for a month | ||
No | 94.0 | 27.4 (26.6, 28.2) |
Yes | 6.0 | 30.7 (27.1, 34.6) |
Childhood Health | ||
Good | 87.6 | 26.5 (26.5, 27.2) |
Average | 10.8 | 35.0 (31.6, 38.6) |
Poor | 1.6 | 40.7 (35.0, 47.0) |
Multimorbidity | ||
No disease | 55.2 | 25.0 (24.1, 26.0) |
1 (Single) disease | 26.8 | 28.7 (27.1, 29.9) |
2 (Double) diseases | 12.5 | 33.6 (30.1, 36.5) |
3+ (Multi) diseases | 5.5 | 35.2 (30.9, 39.8) |
Total (N) | 100 (73,396) | 27.6 (26.8, 28.4) |