Research Article
Stresses and Disability in Depression across Gender
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the 107 patients with MDD.
| | Demographic characteristic | Females
(%) | Males
(%) |
| | Mean age (S.D.) | 37.18 (11.69) | 33.09 (10.09) | | Residence | | | | Urban | 27 (40.9) | 26 (63.4) | | Semiurban | 23 (34.8) | 8 (19.5) | | Rural | 16 (24.3) | 7 (17.1) | | Education | | | | Illiterate | 19 (28.8) | 1 (2.5) | | Up to 10th | 33 (50.0) | 23 (56.1) | | Up to college graduation | 12 (18.2) | 8 (19.5) | | Graduate and above | 2 (3.03) | 9 (21.9) | | Marital status | | | | Married | 53 (80.2) | 22 (53.6) | | Divorced/separated/widowed | 8 (12.2) | 3 (7.3) | | Unmarried | 5 (7.6) | 16 (39.1) | | Occupational status | | | | Student | 5 (7.6) | 6 (14.6) | | Maid/servant | 16 (24.3) | 6 (14.6) | | Own business | 15 (22.7) | 17 (41.5) | | Service/professional | 3 (4.5) | 8 (19.5) | | Homemaker | 27 (40.9) | 0 | | Unemployed | 0 | 4 (9.8) |
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