Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients by severity of depression.

	Normal (n=89)		Mild (n=112)		Moderate (n=117)		Severe (n=43)		Very severe (n=138)		Over All (n=499)
Gender
Male	34	38.2%	54	48.2%	62	53.0%	26	60.5%	109	79.0%	285	57.1%
Female	55	61.8%	58	51.8%	55	47.0%	17	39.5%	29	21.0%	214	42.9%
Age group
18-24 years	10	11.2%	8	7.1%	7	6.0%	4	9.3%	9	6.5%	38	7.6%
25-34 years	34	38.2%	42	37.5%	51	43.6%	15	34.9%	46	33.3%	188	37.7%
35-44 years	27	30.3%	40	35.7%	39	33.3%	14	32.6%	46	33.3%	166	33.3%
45-54 years	14	15.7%	9	8.0%	13	11.1%	6	14.0%	31	22.5%	73	14.6%
55-59 years	2	2.2%	7	6.3%	6	5.1%	3	7.0%	6	4.3%	24	4.8%
60 years	2	2.2%	6	5.4%	1	0.9%	1	2.3%	0	0.0%	10	2.0%
Prefer not to say	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Type of employment
Full-time employment	59	66.3%	73	65.2%	90	76.9%	31	72.1%	127	92.0%	380	76.2%
Part-time employment	6	6.7%	13	11.6%	12	10.3%	6	14.0%	4	2.9%	41	8.2%
Previously employed in the last 12 months	5	5.6%	8	7.1%	5	4.3%	4	9.3%	6	4.3%	28	5.6%
Not working	17	19.1%	18	16.1%	10	8.5%	2	4.7%	1	0.7%	48	9.6%
Prefer not to say	2	2.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%
Level of education
Secondary school or earlier	22	24.7%	27	24.1%	27	23.1%	10	23.3%	44	31.9%	130	26.1%
Professional qualification of degree standard or above	11	12.4%	16	14.3%	26	22.2%	11	25.6%	39	28.3%	103	20.6%
Higher education below university degree level	44	49.4%	56	50.0%	55	47.0%	18	41.9%	46	33.3%	219	43.9%
University degree (including polytechnic or college degree)	12	13.5%	13	11.6%	9	7.7%	4	9.3%	9	6.5%	47	9.4%
Marital status
Married	47	52.8%	66	58.9%	73	62.4%	23	53.5%	100	72.5%	309	61.9%
Bachelor	32	36.0%	29	25.9%	29	24.8%	18	41.9%	30	21.7%	138	27.7%
Widowed	0	0.0%	5	4.5%	2	1.7%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	8	1.6%
Divorced	8	9.0%	10	8.9%	7	6.0%	1	2.3%	4	2.9%	30	6.0%
Separated	1	1.1%	1	0.9%	4	3.4%	0	0.0%	2	1.4%	8	1.6%
Do not know	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Prefer not to say	1	1.1%	1	0.9%	2	1.7%	1	2.3%	1	0.7%	6	1.2%