Socioeconomic Conditions and Risk of Mental Depression: An Empirical Analysis for Brazilian Citizens
Table 7
Description, mean and standard deviation of variables, by gender.
Variables
Description
Men
Women
Mean
Std. Dev.
Mean
Std. Dev.
Response variable
depress
1 if with depression
3.76
19.02
9.80
29.73
Economic and educational conditions
income(log)
Logarithm monthly average family income in real values of 2008
662.21
1186.2
633.07
1029.5
income(i)
1 if is in the decile ( = 1,2,…,10)
school
Years of study
6.74
4.56
7.63
4.69
Demographic characteristics
age
Age in years (25 to 65 years)
41.25
10.99
41.63
11.09
white
1 if it is white
52.49
49.94
54.31
49.81
black
1 if it is black
7.08
25.64
6.58
24.79
asian
1 if it is Asian
0.57
7.58
0.60
7.74
mulatto
1 if it is mulatto
39.86
48.96
38.51
48.66
Family characteristics
married
1 if with spouse
74.64
43.51
67.16
46.96
headfam
1 if head of household
76.85
42.18
25.46
43.57
famsize
Number of family members
3.74
1.57
3.67
1.53
child
1 if has some children living in the household
61.64
48.63
69.74
45.94
Geographic characteristics
urban
1 if resident in an urban area
82.83
37.71
85.49
35.22
south
1 if resident in the Southern region
16.12
36.77
15.81
36.49
north
1 if resident in the Northern region
5.82
23.41
5.55
22.89
central
1 if resident in the Midwestern region
7.36
26.11
7.19
25.84
seast
1 if resident in the Southeastern region
44.90
49.74
45.45
49.8
neast
1 if resident in the Northeastern region
25.8
43.82
26.00
43.79
Presence of chronic physical diseases
physd
1 if has a chronic physical disease
36.74
48.21
46.21
49.86
physd1
1 if has back problems
20.06
40.04
25.09
43.35
physd2
1 if has arthritis or rheumatism
5.86
23.51
11.57
31.99
physd3
1 if has cancer
0.37
6.09
0.64
7.96
physd4
1 if has diabetes
3.25
17.73
4.21
20.08
physd5
1 if has bronchitis or asthma
2.83
16.58
4.41
20.54
physd6
1 if has hypertension
14.86
35.57
21.44
41.04
physd7
1 if has heart disease
3.92
19.41
5.53
22.55
physd8
1 if has chronic kidney disease
2.61
15.93
2.84
16.60
physd9
1 if has tuberculosis
0.22
4.66
0.15
3.81
physd10
1 if has tendonitis or tenosynovitis
2.19
14.65
5.01
21.81
physd11
1 if has cirrhosis
0.32
5.66
0.095
3.08
Notes: The number of observations for men is 239,776 and for women, 262,169; **The variables have value 1 if the individual has the described characteristic, and 0 otherwise. Here, all the variables are scaled from 0 to 100, and the average family income is provided in Reals.
