Distribution of childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and prevalence and incidence of adulthood depressive symptoms in South Korea (2006–2007)
| Childhood SES | Prevalence analysis | Incidence analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Depressive symptoms | Total | Depressive symptoms | |||
| N | N (%) | p Value* | N | N (%) | p Value* | |
| Education of father | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| No education | 3958 | 1313 (33.2) | 2603 | 622 (23.9) | ||
| Elementary school graduate | 3903 | 808 (20.7) | 2944 | 441 (15.0) | ||
| Junior high school graduate | 1402 | 224 (16.0) | 1136 | 166 (14.6) | ||
| High school graduate | 1611 | 236 (14.7) | 1329 | 173 (13.0) | ||
| University graduate or more | 652 | 93 (14.3) | 551 | 85 (15.4) | ||
| Education of mother | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| No education | 5600 | 1732 (30.9) | 3760 | 825 (21.9) | ||
| Elementary school graduate | 3612 | 654 (18.1) | 2851 | 412 (14.5) | ||
| Junior high school graduate | 1170 | 149 (12.7) | 967 | 124 (12.8) | ||
| High school graduate | 979 | 120 (12.3) | 841 | 107 (12.7) | ||
| University graduate or more | 165 | 20 (12.1) | 144 | 19 (13.2) | ||
| Occupation of father | <0.001 | 0.003 | ||||
| Non-manual | 1524 | 250 (16.4) | 1232 | 177 (14.4) | ||
| Manual | 9639 | 2320 (24.1) | 7096 | 1277 (18.0) | ||
| Others | 363 | 105 (28.9) | 235 | 33 (14.0) | ||
| Occupation of mother | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Non-manual | 104 | 17 (16.4) | 84 | 14 (16.7) | ||
| Manual | 8108 | 2049 (25.3) | 5875 | 1097 (18.7) | ||
| Others | 109 | 34 (31.2) | 70 | 10 (14.3) | ||
| Homemaker | 3205 | 575 (17.9) | 2534 | 266 (14.4) | ||
*p Value of the χ2 test comparing prevalence and incidence of adulthood depressive symptoms across different childhood SES.