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Table 1 General characteristics of participants

From: No travel worsens depression: reciprocal relationship between travel and depression among older adults

Variables

Depression status (CES-D10 point)

P

No depression (< 4 points)

Depression (≥ 4 points)

n (%)

7190 (84.8)

1291 (15.2)

 

Age, year (SD)

62.4 (10.5)

70.1 (10.8)

 < 0.001

Female, %

54.2

68.1

 < 0.001

Residential area, urban, %

76

71.7

0.001

Married, %

81

59.3

 < 0.001

Educational level, %

 < 0.001

 Elementary school or below

41.1

69.7

 

 Middle school or high school

47.1

26.3

 

 College or above

11.9

4

 

Living alone, %

8.4

18.7

 < 0.001

Hypertension, %

30.1

43.6

 < 0.001

Diabetes, %

12.3

22.6

 < 0.001

Regular exercise, %

 < 0.001

 ≥ 150 min/week

30.4

17.1

 

 < 150 min/week

7.9

4.9

 

 No exercise

61.7

78

 

Household income, 104won (SD)

1558 (1688)

992 (2681)

 < 0.001

Economic inactive, %

53.8

81.8

 < 0.001

Travel, tourism, and outing, %

41.4

20.4

 < 0.001

  1. The descriptive sample was based on the first wave. 1 US dollar = 1200 Korean won