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

, df = 308.