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Table 3 Mother sociodemographic characteristics associated with lifetime ever CIDI diagnoses (percent lifetime ever diagnosis)

From: Does the millennial generation of women experience more mental illness than their mothers?

 

Major Depression (MDD)

Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Panic Disorder

PTSD

Employment (5 Yr F/U)

 Other (N = 529)

20.4%

7.8%

4.5%

13.8%

 Unemployed (N = 104)

28.8%

9.6%

5.8%

24.0%

 Employed (N = 455)

23.5%

13.2%

4.8%

14.7%

 

X2 = 4.0, p = ns

X2 = 7.9, p = .02

X2 = 0.3, p = ns

X2 = 7.2, p = .03

Education (Recruitment)

 Secondary Only (N = 912)

22.8%

10.4%

5.3%

16.8%

 Other Tertiary (N = 231)

24.2%

12.1%

3.9%

13.4%

 University (N = 40)

22.5%

7.5%

5.0%

7.5%

 

X2 = 0.2, p = ns

X2 = 1.0, p = ns

X2 = 0.7, p = ns

X2 = 3.7, p = ns

Occupational Class (5 Yr F/U)

 Manual/Trades/Other (N = 252)

23.0%

10.7%

3.6%

16.7%

 Clerical/Service/Sales (N = 732)

22.1%

10.5%

5.2%

15.2%

 Professional/Managerial (N = 72)

20.8%

5.6%

2.8%

6.9%

 

X2 = 0.2, p = ns

X2 = 1.8, p = ns

X2 = 1.7, p = ns

X2 = 4.2, p = ns

Marital Status (5 Yr F/U)

 Single (N = 37)

21.6%

8.1%

8.1%

21.6%

 Living Together (N = 56)

23.2%

10.7%

5.4%

23.2%

 Separated/Widowed/Divorced (N = 90)

35.6%

17.8%

6.7%

32.2%

 Married (N = 903)

21.0%

9.4%

4.4%

12.9%

 

X2 = 10.0, p = .02

X2 = 6.5, p = ns

X2 = 1.9, p = ns

X2 = 27.9, p < .001