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Table 1 Characteristics of participants from baseline CHARLS 2011

From: The association between community-level socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in China

Characteristics

Total (n = 12,260)

Urban (n = 4821)

Rural (n = 7439)

 

N (%) or Mean (SD)

N (%) or Mean (SD)

N (%) or Mean (SD)

Outcome

  CES-D-10

8.51(6.40)

7.40(6.00)

9.23(6.55)

Community-level SES variables

  Average years of schooling, years

4.71(2.22)

6.16(2.39)

3.78(1.49)

  Per household income, yuan

9489.10(8739.59)

14576.68(11255.49)

6191.98(4017.76)

  Community-level SES

0.00(1.00)

0.70(1.18)

-0.45(0.48)

  Community-level SES, n (%) a

    Bottom tertile

4066(33.16)

554(11.49)

3512(47.21)

    Middle tertile

4079(33.27)

1078(22.36)

3001(40.34)

    Top tertile

4115(33.56)

3189(66.15)

926(12.45)

Individual-level SES variables

  Years of schooling, years

4.71(4.68)

6.16(4.93)

3.78(4.26)

  Per household income, yuan

9489.10(23034.32)

14576.68(33699.14)

6191.98(10531.57)

  Individual-level SES

0.00(1.00)

0.39(1.44)

-0.23(0.74)

  Individual-level SES, n (%) a

    Bottom tertile

4079(33.27)

963(19.98)

3116(41.89)

    Middle tertile

4094(33.39)

1459(30.26)

2635(35.42)

    Top tertile

4087(33.34)

2399(49.76)

1688(22.69)

  1. CES-D-10 10-item short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale, SES socioeconomic status
  2. aVariable was treated as a continuous variable but is presented categorically for descriptive purposes