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Table 2 Demographical characteristics of the sample (N = 100)

From: Association between acute critical life events and the speed of onset of depressive episodes in male and female depressed patients

Variables

Total sample (N = 100)

Males (N = 39)

Females (N = 61)

P

Age in years (Mean (SD))

46.61 (17.07)

46.18 (14.65)

46.89 (18.56)

0.99a

Nationality: German (%)

98 (98%)

39 (100%)

59 (96.7%)

0.52b

Educational level

0.051b

- Pupils (%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.6%)

- Special school leaving certificate (%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.6%)

- Secondary modern school leaving certificate (%)

14 (14%)

1 (2.6%)

13 (21.3%)

- Junior high school leaving certificate (%)

38 (38%)

16 (41.0%)

22 (36.1%)

- University-entrance diploma (%)

17 (17%)

9 (23.1%)

8 (13.1%)

- Technical college / university degree (%)

29 (29%)

13 (33.3%)

16 (26.2%)

Partner situation

0.59b

- No short-term partner (%)

12 (12%)

7 (17.9%)

5 (8.2%)

- No long-term or enduring partner (%)

29 (29%)

12 (30.8%)

17 (27.9%)

- Varying partners (%)

3 (3%)

1 (2.6%)

2 (3.3%)

- Permanent partner (spouse) (%)

26 (26%)

8 (20.5%)

18 (29.5%)

- Permanent partner (no spouse) (%)

30 (30%)

11 (28.2%)

19 (31.1%)

Profession

0.35b

- Pupil, student, vocational training (%)

9 (9%)

4 (10.3%)

5 (8.2%)

- Employed (full-time) (%)

36 (36%)

17 (43.6%)

19 (31.1%)

- Employed (part-time) (%)

8 (8%)

1 (2.6%)

7 (11.5%)

- Unemployed (%)

19 (19%)

8 (20.5%)

11 (18.0%)

- Vocational disability benefit (%)

7 (7%)

3 (7.7%)

4 (6.6%)

- Early retirement pension, retirement pension (%)

14 (14%)

6 (15.4%)

8 (13.1%)

- Widow’s pension (%)

5 (5%)

0 (0%)

5 (8.2%)

- Without employment, not otherwise specified (%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

2 (3.3%)

  1. Notes: SD standard deviation
  2. aMann-Whitney U test; b Fisher’s exact test (if at least one cell had an expected frequency < 5). All statistical tests had been two-sided