Research Article

Socioeconomic Conditions and Risk of Mental Depression: An Empirical Analysis for Brazilian Citizens

Table 12

Results from Model 2B with dummy variables for income quartile, by gender (% marginal effects).

variables Men Women

−0.266* −0.519*
−0.457* −0.764*
−0.660* −1.16*
school 0.1* 0.249*
school2 −0.00659* −0.0277*
age 0.346* 0.894*
age2 −0.00364* −0.0102*
black −1.01* −2.20*
Asian −0.9** −3.63*
mulatto −0.361* −0.866*
married −1.82* −0.837*
child −0.115 −0.414**
famsize −0.139* −0.413*
headfam −0.446* 1.49*
urban 0.819* 1.39*
south 0.75* 2.35*
north −1.06* −2.67*
central −0.242** 0.158
neast −0.456* −1.74*
physd1 2.38* 6.65*
physd2 2.6* 4.47*
physd3 5.04* 8.70*
physd4 1.2* 2.22*
physd5 2.77* 5.43*
physd6 3.81* 4.77*
physd7 2.93* 7.07*
physd8 3.98* 9.43*
physd9 3.63* 7.59*
physd10 3.57* 6.99*
physd11 5.31* 10.7*
year2 −0.891* −0.89*
year3 −0.962* −1.25*

239,776 262,169
Pseudo 11.5 11.3

*denotes significance at 1%;
**denotes significance at 5%;
***denotes significance at 10%.