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Table 1 Characteristics among the adolescents, with and without diagnosed depression, and by gender

From: Social differences in diagnosed depression among adolescents in a Swedish population based cohort

 

All (n = 169,262)

Boys (n = 86,888) 51.3%

Girls (n = 82,374) 48.7%

Depression (n = 6439)

No depression (n = 162,823)

Depression (n = 1978)

No depression (n = 84,910)

Depression (n = 4461)

No depression (n = 77,913)

%

%

%

Parental country of origin

 Sweden

67.2

63.4

66.6

63.2

67.4

63.6

 Nordic

3.3

2.9

2.8

3.0

3.5

2.8

 Outside Nordic

13.2

19.7

14.7

19.7

12.6

19.7

 Missing

16.3

14.1

15.9

14.2

16.5

14.0

Parental education

 High

44.9

47.7

46.3

47.8

44.3

47.6

 Medium

44.2

41.0

43.4

41.0

44.5

41.0

 Low

9.2

9.4

8.3

9.3

9.6

9.4

 Missing

1.7

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.6

2.0

Disposable household income

 High

16.2

18.2

15.1

18.2

16.7

18.3

 Medium high

20.2

19.7

21.2

19.7

19.7

19.7

 Medium

22.5

20.0

23.8

20.0

21.9

20.0

 Medium low

22.4

20.4

21.8

20.5

22.7

20.4

 Low

17.5

20.4

16.7

20.4

17.8

20.5

 Missing

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.3

Parental receipt of an unemployment benefit

 Not received

86.3

86.1

85.1

86.1

86.8

86.0

 Received

6.7

5.3

7.5

5.4

6.4

5.3

 Missing

7.0

8.6

7.4

8.6

6.8

8.7