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Table 1 Distribution (%) of the sample and prevalence (%) of poor mental health by sex and year of the survey. Basque Country, Spain. 1997-2013

From: The impact of the Great Recession on mental health and its inequalities: the case of a Southern European region, 1997–2013

 

1997

2002

2007

2013

column %

Poor mental health (%)

column %

Poor mental health (%)

column %

Poor mental health (%)

column %

Poor mental health (%)

Men

 

N = 1.283

 

N = 3.103

 

N = 2.616

 

N = 2.597

 

Total

100.0

11.4

100.0

11.0

100.0

10.0

100.0

14.7

Years of age

 16–24

22.2

6.6

18.0

8.5

13.6

7.6

11.7

10.9

 25–34

21.3

9.8

26.2

10.1

25.3

8.7

20.8

10.8

 35–44

23.3

12.9

21.3

10.2

23.2

9.2

25.6

16.2

 45–54

18.2

13.2

19.0

13.9

18.4

12.7

23.2

18.5

 55–65

15.0

16.5

15.6

12.9

19.4

11.9

18.6

14.6

Working status

 Employed

65.5

9.8

75.5

10.6

76.9

9.0

65.7

12.5

 Unemployed

9.9

21.3

5.6

15.9

4.2

16.3

16.7

23.6

 Homemaker

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

 Student

14.5

7.5

11.4

6.3

9.4

6.1

9.5

10.7

 Retired, others

10.2

18.4

7.5

18.3

9.5

19.4

8.1

19.0

Social class

 I

11.3

11.5

10.7

6.6

11.6

8.2

13.2

8.6

 II

11.8

8.6

11.2

10.5

11.1

11.1

9.2

12.2

 III

24.1

9.5

28.5

11.8

26.4

11.2

19.7

14.4

 IV

42.5

12.0

40.2

10.7

41.6

8.3

48.3

15.5

 V

10.3

16.7

9.3

15.4

9.2

15.4

9.7

22.1

Women

 

N = 1.645

 

N = 3.301

 

N = 2.855

 

N = 2.831

 

Total

100.0

16.7

100.0

16.3

100.0

18.2

100.0

22.0

Years of age

 16–24

20.9

13.4

17.1

14.5

13.4

16.0

11.4

19.9

 25–34

20.9

14.2

22.7

15.6

22.2

16.0

20.2

20.7

 35–44

24.4

14.9

24.1

14.9

25.0

16.0

24.6

22.3

 45–54

18.1

20.6

20.3

16.6

20.2

21.0

24.0

20.9

 55–65

15.7

22.5

15.7

21.2

19.1

22.6

19.8

25.8

Working status

 Employed

34.5

14.5

46.9

15.1

57.2

16.4

55.1

18.8

 Unemployed

11.4

18.1

6.3

15.7

5.2

20.0

13.0

31.4

 Homemaker

38.7

18.5

31.4

17.7

22.8

22.6

17.4

25.9

 Student

13.6

12.7

12.7

14.7

10.0

13.6

9.6

19.7

 Retired, others

1.7

39.4

2.6

30.7

4.8

27.6

4.9

25.1

Social class

 I

11.0

10.9

11.4

12.1

10.3

12.1

12.6

18.8

 II

10.2

15.4

11.2

14.4

12.1

15.4

10.6

15.5

 III

25.7

13.5

31.5

16.1

28.8

17.2

26.5

20.2

 IV

42.8

18.3

34.1

17.1

36.4

20.1

34.2

24.5

 V

10.4

25.0

11.8

20.4

12.4

23.4

16.1

26.8