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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, n = 2622

From: Social factors in childhood and risk of depressive symptoms among adolescents - a longitudinal study in Stockholm, Sweden

 

Total

Depressive symptoms

 

n = 2622

Score 17n = 292

DSM-IV criteria- basedn = 167

 

Column %

Row %

Row %

Gender

   

Girl

50.1

16.8

9.4

Boy

49.9

5.6

3.4

Missing

0

0

0

Parental education

   

High

57.6

10.7

6.3

Intermediate

30.0

10.7

6.8

Low

4.5

15.9

7.7

Missing

7.9

12.4

5.1

Parental SES

   

High non-manual workers

12.8

7.3

5.6

Intermediate non-manual workers

20.8

10.4

7.1

Lower non-manual workers

14.7

10.4

5.5

Skilled workers

11.6

10.3

6.3

Unskilled workers

18.0

13.8

7.7

Self-employed

6.7

13.1

7.8

Other

2.8

11.1

7.0

Missing

12.7

13.5

5.1

Parental country of birth

   

Sweden

73.4

10.1

6.2

Outside Sweden

11.3

12.8

5.1

Missing

15.3

15.1

8.5

Living arrangements

   

Lives with two or more adults

98.2

11.0

6.3

Lives exclusively with one adult

1.8

21.7

8.7

Missing

0.6

13.3

14.3

Parental employment status

   

Employed

86.2

10.7

6.6

Unemployed

13.8

14.4

5.6

Missing

0

0

0