Depression Research and Treatment

Research Article

Does Death of a Family Member Moderate the Relationship between Religious Attendance and Depressive Symptoms? The HUNT Study, Norway

Table 1

Participants of The HUNT Study (HUNT 3, 2006–08) answering questions about religious attendance. Characteristics of the sample.


	Total (,981)		Women (,247)		Men (,734)
	Values (SD) range		Values (SD) range		Values (SD) range

Depression, mean (SD), Range	3.3 (2.9) 0–20	37,622	3.1 (2.9) 0–20	21,023	3.6 (2.9) 0–20	16,599
Death in immediate family (%)	10.2	3,755	10.6	2,182	9.7	1,573
Religious attendance (%)
More than 3x/month	3.6	1,382	3.8	816	3.4	566
1–3x/month	9.7	3,671	10.4	2,205	8.8	1,466
1–6x/last 6 months	45.9	17,447	46.6	9,909	45.0	7,538
Never	40.8	15,481	39.1	8,317	42.8	7,164
Age, mean (SD), Range	53.4 (15.6) 20–96	37,981	52.5 (16.0) 20–96	21,247	54.4 (14.9) 20–96	16,734
Education (%)
Up to 12 years	70.8	26,684	69.0	14,534	73.1	12,150
More than 12 years	29.2	11,014	31.0	6,537	26.9	4,477
Married/Couple (%)	60.9	23,092	57.8	12,259	64.8	10,833