Table 3 Depression scores and prevalence rates among participants of different genders and ages.
Age group | N | Total | Male | Female | Z | P | χ2 | P | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Standard | % | N | Mean | Standard | % | N | Mean | Standard | % | ||||||
15–24 | 23 | 3.48 | 5.80 | 23.44# | 6 | 3.33 | 4.50 | 33.33 | 17 | 3.53 | 6.32 | 11.76 | 0.189 | 0.850 | 1.436 | 0.231 |
25–34 | 56 | 3.55 | 6.22 | 16.84# | 24 | 2.33 | 3.58 | 12.50 | 32 | 4.47 | 7.55 | 21.88 | −0.180 | 0.857 | 0.822 | 0.365 |
35–44 | 89 | 3.10 | 5.13 | 18.56# | 51 | 2.76 | 5.00 | 13.73 | 38 | 3.55 | 5.34 | 23.68 | −0.528 | 0.598 | 1.465 | 0.226 |
45–54 | 131 | 5.26 | 5.95 | 26.10* | 70 | 4.31 | 4.89 | 20.00 | 61 | 6.34 | 6.84 | 32.79 | −1.463 | 0.143 | 2.773 | 0.096 |
55–64 | 127 | 6.86 | 5.66 | 47.76# | 69 | 6.00 | 5.16 | 42.03 | 58 | 7.88 | 6.09 | 53.45 | −1.669 | 0.095 | 1.649 | 0.199 |
65–74 | 123 | 5.29 | 4.83 | 31.08# | 68 | 5.69 | 5.32 | 35.29 | 55 | 4.80 | 4.15 | 27.27 | 0.512 | 0.608 | 0.904 | 0.342 |
> = 75 | 51 | 5.33 | 4.93 | 38.47# | 29 | 5.03 | 4.54 | 34.48 | 22 | 5.73 | 5.48 | 40.91 | −0.125 | 0.900 | 0.221 | 0.638 |
Total | 600 | 5.06 | 5.61 | 24.62# | 317 | 4.62 | 5.07 | 23.12# | 283 | 5.55 | 6.13 | 26.24# | −1.350 | 0.177 | 1.621 | 0.203 |