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Table 1 General characteristics of the sample at baseline (2016)

From: Associations between substandard housing and depression: insights from the Korea welfare panel study

Variables

CESD-11

Male

P value

Female

P value

N

%

MEANS

±

SD

N

%

MEANS

±

SD

Substandard housing

 No

3,940

84.4

2.88

±

3.97

0.0013

4,856

84.7

3.85

±

4.46

0.0069

 Yes

731

15.6

3.56

±

4.39

 

877

15.3

4.32

±

4.69

 

Household type

 Without disabled members

4,189

89.7

2.82

±

3.93

0.3255

5,341

93.2

3.75

±

4.40

<.0001

 With disabled members

482

10.3

4.36

±

4.71

 

392

6.8

6.24

±

5.13

 

Age (years)

 < 30

507

10.9

2.09

±

3.56

0.0607

678

11.8

2.76

±

3.94

<.0001

 30-39

692

14.8

2.20

±

3.56

 

756

13.2

2.47

±

3.72

 

 40-49

957

20.5

2.42

±

3.63

 

945

16.5

2.63

±

3.73

 

 50-59

794

17.0

2.81

±

3.97

 

897

15.6

3.60

±

4.26

 

 60-69

680

14.6

3.17

±

3.99

 

933

16.3

4.34

±

4.51

 

 ≥ 70

1,041

22.3

4.46

±

4.58

 

1,524

26.6

5.88

±

4.91

 

Region

 Metropolitan

1,977

42.3

2.83

±

3.99

0.1666

2,444

42.6

3.64

±

4.50

0.0235

 Rural

2,694

57.7

3.09

±

4.08

 

3,289

57.4

4.12

±

4.50

 

Education level

 Middle school or under

1,297

27.8

4.38

±

4.57

<.0001

2,600

45.4

5.26

±

4.82

0.0004

 High school

1,543

33.0

2.69

±

3.80

 

1,468

25.6

3.04

±

4.05

 

 College or above

1,831

39.2

2.24

±

3.57

 

1,665

29.0

2.60

±

3.72

 

Marriage status

 Living w/ spouse

4,480

95.9

3.03

±

4.07

0.0817

5,632

98.2

3.95

±

4.51

0.1511

 Living w/o spouse

191

4.1

1.80

±

3.24

 

101

1.8

2.16

±

3.42

 

Income level

 Low

947

20.3

4.68

±

4.70

0.0003

1,664

29.0

5.69

±

4.92

<.0001

 Lower middle

1,255

26.9

3.23

±

4.06

 

1,416

24.7

3.80

±

4.40

 

 Upper middle

1,253

26.8

2.35

±

3.63

 

1,318

23.0

3.07

±

4.06

 

 High

1,216

26.0

2.06

±

3.39

 

1,335

23.3

2.67

±

3.71

 

Employment type

 Permanent employee

2,503

53.6

2.49

±

3.64

0.0129

1,290

22.5

3.39

±

4.27

0.2980

 Temporary employee

545

11.7

2.65

±

3.80

 

787

13.7

3.11

±

4.12

 

 Daily hired employee

359

7.7

3.59

±

4.19

 

844

14.7

4.18

±

4.34

 

 Nonemployee

1,264

27.1

3.93

±

4.63

 

2,812

49.0

4.31

±

4.70

 

Housing benefit

 Yes

4,462

95.5

2.86

±

3.95

<.0001

5,420

94.5

3.83

±

4.45

0.5875

 No

209

4.5

5.58

±

5.09

 

313

5.5

5.42

±

5.17

 

Housing Tenure

 Owner-occupation

3,126

66.9

2.82

±

3.93

0.0099

3,617

63.1

3.69

±

4.36

<.0001

 Rental

1,545

33.1

3.31

±

4.24

 

2,116

36.9

4.30

±

4.72

 

Housing Type

 Detached dwelling

1,168

25.0

3.62

±

4.30

0.4465

1,541

26.9

4.74

±

4.67

0.5302

 Multi-family house

3,321

71.1

2.77

±

3.94

 

3,966

69.2

3.61

±

4.40

 

 Commercial building

182

3.9

2.70

±

3.79

 

226

3.9

3.71

±

4.50

 

Smoking status

 Current smoker

1,639

35.1

2.96

±

4.04

0.0420

120

2.1

5.91

±

5.29

0.0010

 Non-smoker

3,032

64.9

3.00

±

4.05

 

5,613

97.9

3.88

±

4.47

 

Alcohol consumption

 Yes

1,519

32.5

3.37

±

4.28

0.0623

3,885

67.8

4.16

±

4.60

0.0015

 No

3,152

67.5

2.79

±

3.91

 

1,848

32.2

3.40

±

4.25

 

Percieved health status

 Healthy

4,093

87.6

2.67

±

3.82

<.0001

4,785

83.5

3.49

±

4.27

<.0001

 Unhealthy

578

12.4

5.21

±

4.83

 

948

16.5

6.09

±

5.01

 

Chronic diseases

 Yes

2,406

51.5

2.25

±

3.48

<.0001

2,577

45.0

2.78

±

3.91

0.0042

 No

2,265

48.5

3.76

±

4.43

 

3,156

55.0

4.85

±

4.73

 

Total

4,671

100.0

2.99

±

4.05

 

5,733

100.0

3.92

±

4.50