Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression in an Asian Community in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study population.

Characteristic	Frequency ( = 384)
Age group (in years)
Under 25	100 (26.0%)
25 to 34	73 (19.0%)
35 to 44	60 (15.6%)
Over 44	151 (39.3%)
Sex
Female	166 (43.2%)
Male	218 (56.8%)
Education level
Primary education or less	32 (8.3%)
Secondary education	168 (43.8%)
Higher education	184 (47.9%)
Marital status
Single	101 (26.3%)
Married	270 (70.3%)
Divorced	4 (1.0%)
Widowed	9 (2.3%)