Research Article
Role of Sociocultural Factors in Depression among Elderly of Twin Cities (Rawalpindi and Islamabad) of Pakistan
Table 2
Mean differences in various demographic variables among elderly (
= 310).
| Variables | M | SD | | | 95% CI | Cohen’s | LL | UL |
| Gender | | | | | | | | Male (n = 158) | 9.21 | 2.5 | −2.69 |
0.008 | −1.57 | −2.44 | 0.3 | Female (n = 152) | 101.1 | 3.41 | Marital status | | | | | | | | Married (n = 201) | 9.25 | 2.75 | −3.24 | 0.001 | −1.83 | −0.45 | 0.4 | Unmarried (n = 109) | 10.4 | 3.31 | Family system | | | | | | | | Nuclear family (n = 190) | 10.7 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 0.001 | 1.14 | 2.17 | 0.8 | Extensive family (n = 120) | 9.01 | 2.20p | Status of employment | | | | | | | | Employed (n = 125) | 8.6 | 1.8 | −10.1 | 0.001 | −2.90 | −1.95 | 1.2 | Unemployed (n = 185) | 11 | 2.3 |
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