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Table 2 Percentage of population reporting depression during past 12 months, World Health Survey, 2002–03

From: Association between depression and fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in South Asia

Variables

Bangladesh (39)

India (17.7)

Nepal (49.5)

Age Mean

18–29

25.2

17.0

21.6

30–39

11.4

20.9

21.4

40–49

19.3

20.0

18.2

50–59

18.3

19.5

14.0

60+

   

p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Sex

Female

66.2

56.3

66.2

Male

33.8

43.7

33.8

 

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Currently married

Yes

25.7

21.5

21.0

No

74.3

78.5

79.0

p

<0.001

0.054

0.005

Educational attainment

Nil

48.9

49.2

75.2

Primary

41.4

29.8

18.4

Secondary

7.9

14.6

6.0

Pre-university/University

1.9

6.4

0.5

p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Job

Govt. employee

1.8

2.6

1.7

Private employee

3.9

8.9

1.1

Employer

31.1

38.2

37.6

Not working for payment

63.1

50.3

59.5

p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Smoking habit

Daily

56.4

58.0

53.0

Yes. not daily

4.8

4.2

6.5

Non-smoker

38.8

37.7

40.5

p

0.118

<0.001

0.211

Alcohol

No

5.8

12.9

36.2

Yes

94.2

87.1

63.8

p

0.117

0.001

0.451

Satisfaction with health

Very dissatisfied

11.4

9.5

8.7

Dissatisfied

23.3

27.1

27.3

Neither

33.6

27.1

27.3

Satisfied

25.4

31.5

33.4

Very Satisfied

6.4

4.7

3.3

 

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Fruit consumption

<5

96.3

94.5

93.2

5

2.2

2.2

6.7

5+

1.5

3.3

0.1

p

0.004

<0.001

0.177

Vegetable consumption

<5

86.9

95.7

97.3

5

3.4

1.6

1.5

5+

9.7

2.7

1.2

p

0.156

0.005

0.139