Table 1

Probable depression and associations with sociodemographic factors. Survey 2 of the Younger cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 2000



Depressed (presumed from CESD ≥ 10)



Variable
 Total1
 Column%
 %
 AOR2 3
 95% CI
     Total
 9,327
 100
 30

Marital status




     Single
 5,193
 56
 33
 1.00
     Married
 2,114
 23
 25
 0.61 ***
 0.54 – 0.70
     De facto
 1,798
 19
 28
 0.76 ***
 0.67 – 0.87
     Wid/sep/divorced
 183
 2
 40
 1.13
 0.81 – 1.58
Age (at response to Survey 2)




     <24 years
 2,326
 25
 32
 1.00
     ≥ 24 years
 7,007
 75
 30
 0.99
 0.88 – 1.11
Education level




     None/year10 education
 821
 9
 38
 1.07
 0.89 – 1.28
     HSC
 2,027
 23
 35
 1.00
     App/cert
 2,085
 23
 30
 0.83 *
 0.72 – 0.96
     Degree or higher
 4,098
 45
 26
 0.72 ***
 0.62 – 0.83
Occupation




     Manager/professional
 3,960
 44
 26
 1.00
     Para-professional
 593
 7
 26
 0.93
 0.75 – 1.16
     Trade/clerical
 2,721
 31
 32
 1.23 **
 1.07 – 1.41
     Blue-collar
 514
 6
 32
 1.17
 0.93 – 1.47
     No paid job
 261
 3
 33
 1.18
 0.88 – 1.58
     Other4
 773
 9
 39
 1.76 ***
 1.45 – 2.14
Health insurance




     No private cover
 6,228
 67
 32
 1.00
     Has private cover
 3,043
 33
 27
 0.85 **
 0.76 – 0.95
Country of birth




     Australian born
 8,838
 95
 30
 1.00
     European born
 107
 1
 30
 0.96
 0.58 – 1.57
     Asian born
 323
 4
 37
 1.32 *
 1.00 – 1.74
Area of residence




     Urban
 6,682
 75
 31
 1.00
     Rural
 1,989
 22
 28
 0.79 ***
 0.71 – 0.88
     Remote
 302
 3
 30
 0.92
 0.72 – 1.18

1 Total numbers within variables vary due to missing responses, column %'s calculates without including missing category

2 Adjusted odds ratio, mutually adjusted for all other sociodemographic factors in table as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait identity.

3 M p < 0.10, * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001

4 Other includes home duties, group comprises women more likely to be married and to have children than those in other groups

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