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Table 2 Prevalence of clinical depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 20) by classification of participants in terms of the parental characteristics

From: The prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of depressive symptoms among Cypriot university students: a cross-sectional descriptive co-relational study

 

TOTAL

Students without clinical depressive symptoms

Students with clinically significant depressive symptoms

X2

DF

P value

 

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Parental Marital Status

      

7.40

1

0.007

Together

1287

85.5

944

73,3

343

26,7

Divorced

213

14.2

137

64.3

76

35.7

Loss of parent(s)

      

5.70

1

0.017

Yes

78

5.2

47

62.3

31

39.7

No

1422

94.8

1034

72.7

388

27.3

Mother’s educational level

      

1.67

2

0.433

Uneducated/primary/secondary

419

27.9

298

71.1

121

28.9

Further education/college

783

52.2

575

73.4

208

26.6

University

298

19.9

208

69.8

90

30.2

Father’s educational level

      

16.42

2

<0.001

Uneducated/primary/secondary

518

34.5

360

69.5

158

30.5

Further education/college

726

48.4

556

76.6

170

23.4

University

256

17.1

165

64.5

91

35.5

Mother’s employment status

      

2.52

1

0.112

Unemployed

226

84.9

928

72.8

346

27.2

Employed

1274

15.1

153

67.7

73

32.3

Father’s employment status

      

4.45

1

0.035

Unemployed

212

14.1

140

66.0

72

34.0

Employed

1288

85.9

941

73.1

347

26.9

Annual family income

      

1.54

3

0.673

0-19500

736

49.1

522

70.9

214

29.1

19501-28000

423

28.2

309

73.0

114

27.0

28001-36300

198

13.2

142

71.7

56

27.3

>36301

143

9.5

108

75.5

35

24.5