Table 2 Distribution of DASS-21 scores by sociodemographic factors (Health and wellbeing of Icelanders 2017)

Age group

 18–29

242

68.8

74

21.0

36

10.2

288

80.5

47

13.1

23

6.4

270

76.7

59

16.8

23

6.5

 30–39

471

75.4

116

18.6

38

6.1

527

84.5

74

11.9

23

3.7

520

82.2

85

13.4

28

4.4

 40–49

743

79.4

153

16.4

40

4.3

842

89.8

75

8.0

21

2.2

806

86.7

106

11.4

18

1.9

 50–59

941

79.2

188

15.8

59

5.0

1060

88.2

108

9.0

34

2.8

1065

89.0

109

9.1

23

1.9

 60–69

1166

81.7

216

15.1

45

3.2

1285

89.1

120

8.3

37

2.6

1326

92.9

86

6.0

16

1.1

 70 > 

1326

80.0

277

16.7

54

3.3

1476

87.3

178

10.5

37

2.2

1588

95.0

65

3.9

19

1.1

Gender

 Female

2638

78.5

565

16.8

156

4.6

2908

85.3

380

11.2

120

3.5

2997

89.1

287

8.5

78

2.3

 Male

2247

79.8

454

16.1

115

4.1

2562

90.3

221

7.8

54

1.9

2570

90.5

221

7.8

49

1.7

Education

 Basic

1305

73.7

359

20.3

108

6.1

1491

82.6

236

13.1

78

4.3

1585

89.0

155

8.7

42

2.4

 Middle

1977

80.9

375

15.3

93

3.8

2208

89.2

214

8.6

54

2.2

2230

90.5

189

7.7

46

1.9

 University

1558

81.7

280

14.7

69

3.6

1728

90.5

144

7.5

38

2.0

1703

89.4

163

8.6

39

2.1

Marital status

 Married/ cohabiting

3668

82.2

638

14.3

155

3.5

4010

89.0

389

8.6

105

2.3

4046

90.3

348

7.8

85

1.9

 Dating

97

69.3

32

22.9

11

7.9

111

78.2

20

14.1

11

7.8

117

81.8

18

12.6

8

5.6

 Divorced

194

74.9

59

22.8

6

2.3

231

88.5

22

8.4

8

3.1

229

88.1

27

10.4

4

1.5

 Single

569

66.9

201

23.7

80

9.4

714

82.8

115

13.3

33

3.8

729

85.9

97

11.4

23

2.7

 Widowed

345

76.8

87

19.4

17

3.8

391

85.0

53

11.5

16

3.5

433

95.4

16

3.5

5

1.1

How easy making ends meet

 Very easy

1610

85.5

233

12.4

40

2.1

1782

93.6

101

5.3

20

1.1

1774

94.1

98

5.2

14

0.7

 Rather easy

1526

82.4

271

14.6

54

2.9

1665

89.2

165

8.8

37

2.0

1699

91.3

133

7.2

29

1.6

 Neither nor

1243

76.9

289

17.9

85

5.3

1406

85.5

182

11.1

57

3.5

1442

88.5

148

9.1

40

2.5

 Rather difficult

387

63.1

169

27.6

57

9.3

469

75.5

118

19.0

34

5.5

499

80.7

89

14.4

30

4.9

 Very difficult

48

38.4

43

34.4

34

27.2

74

59.7

25

20.2

25

20.2

73

59.4

36

29.3

14

11.4

Urban/rural

 Urban

2405

80.0

496

16.5

107

3.6

2667

88.1

286

9.5

74

2.4

2711

90.1

246

8.2

51

1.7

 Rural

2477

78.3

522

16.5

165

5.2

2803

87.1

315

9.8

99

3.1

2853

89.4

262

8.2

76

2.4

Employment

 Unemployed

87

60.8

33

23.1

23

16.1

105

72.9

26

18.1

13

9.0

112

79.4

21

14.9

8

5.7

 Not unemployed

4710

79.8

953

16.1

243

4.1

5254

88.0

560

9.4

157

2.6

5341

90.0

477

8.0

119

2.0

Taking medication for anxiety

 Currently

241

46.6

167

32.3

109

21.1

311

59.9

128

24.7

80

15.4

352

68.5

112

21.8

50

9.7

 Previously

329

62.8

153

29.2

42

8.0

397

75.2

105

19.9

26

4.9

424

80.0

90

17.0

16

3.0

 Never

4256

84.2

686

13.6

115

2.3

4698

91.7

359

7.0

66

1.3

4724

92.9

301

5.9

59

1.2

Taking medication for depression

 Currently

145

37.0

137

35.0

110

28.1

240

60.5

91

22.9

66

16.6

255

64.7

92

23.4

47

11.9

 Previously

186

55.5

109

32.5

40

11.9

248

73.8

67

19.9

21

6.3

260

76.3

61

17.9

20

5.9

 Never

4496

83.7

761

14.2

117

2.2

4923

90.5

432

7.9

85

1.6

4986

92.4

351

6.5

58

1.1

Taking medication for other mental

 Currently

61

40.4

51

33.8

39

25.8

84

54.6

30

19.5

40

26.0

85

55.9

45

29.6

22

14.5

 Previously

101

57.7

49

28.0

25

14.3

132

73.7

36

20.1

11

6.2

134

74.4

33

18.3

13

7.2

 Never

4664

81.0

904

15.7

191

3.3

5185

89.1

519

8.9

118

2.0

5272

91.2

418

7.2

89

1.5