Factors Associated with Depression among the Elderly Living in Urban Vietnam

Table 1

Selected sociodemographic characteristics.

Contents	Total	Male	Female	p-value
	n ()	n ()	n ()
Total	299 (100)	146 (48.8)	153 (51.2)
Mean ± Sd (age)	70,6 ± 7.4	71,7 ± 7.9	69,59 ± 6,84	0.1
Age group
60-69	136 (45.5)	62 (42.5)	74 (48.4)	0.3
70 - 91	163 (54.5)	84 (57.5)	79 (51.6)
Education
Under & high school	83 (27.8)	32 (21.9)	51 (33.3)	0.03
Over high school	216 (72.2)	114 (78.1)	102 (66.7)
Occupation
Government officers	240 (80.3)	119 (81.5)	121 (79.1)	0.6
Others	59(19.7)	27 (18.5)	32 (20.9)
Marital status
Single	46 (15.4)	9 (6.2)	37 (24.2)	0.001
Married	253 (84.6)	137 (93.8)	116 (75.8)
Living arrangement
Alone	12 (4.0)	3 (2.1)	9 (5.9)	0.1
Family or others	287 (96.0)	143 (98.0)	144 (94.1)