Table 1 Average DASS-21 score of all participants by sociodemographic factors (Health and wellbeing of Icelanders 2017)
DASS-21 score | Depression score | Anxiety score | Stress score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age group | ||||||||
18–29 | 371 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 10.4 | 8.1 |
30–39 | 650 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 9.3 | 7.5 |
40–49 | 962 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
50–59 | 1247 | 18.5 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 6.6 |
60–69 | 1535 | 22.7 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
70 > | 1990 | 29.5 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 3684 | 54.6 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
Male | 3063 | 45.4 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
Education | ||||||||
Basic | 2043 | 31.0 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
Middle | 2600 | 39.4 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
University | 1949 | 29.6 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married/cohabiting | 4802 | 71.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Dating | 151 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 7.6 |
Divorced | 279 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
Single | 930 | 13.9 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
Widowed | 545 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
How easy making ends meet | ||||||||
Very easy | 1990 | 30.4 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
Rather easy | 1979 | 30.3 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
Neither nor | 1764 | 27.0 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
Rather difficult | 670 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 7.8 |
Very difficult | 134 | 2.1 | 14.5 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 13.5 | 9.5 |
Urban/rural | ||||||||
Urban | 3243 | 48.3 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Rural | 3469 | 51.7 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
Employment | ||||||||
Unemployed | 154 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
Not unemployed | 6361 | 97.6 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
Taking medication for anxiety | ||||||||
Currently | 561 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 8.6 |
Previously | 563 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 9.8 | 7.0 |
Never | 5499 | 83.0 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
Taking medication for depression | ||||||||
Currently | 420 | 6.3 | 14.6 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 9.0 |
Previously | 362 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 11.0 | 7.6 |
Never | 5843 | 88.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
Taking medication for other mental | ||||||||
Currently | 162 | 2.5 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 14.4 | 9.4 |
Previously | 195 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 8.1 |
Never | 6251 | 94.6 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 |