Association between commensality with depression and suicidal ideation of Korean adults: the sixth and seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013, 2015, 2017

Son, Yoon Hee; Oh, Sarah Soyeon; Jang, Sung-In; Park, Eun-Cheol; Park, So-Hee

doi:10.1186/s12937-020-00650-9

Table 1 General Characteristics of commensality and depression

From: Association between commensality with depression and suicidal ideation of Korean adults: the sixth and seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013, 2015, 2017

														N (%)
	Depression
	Men						p-value	Women						p-value
	Total		Yes		No			Total		Yes		No
	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)		N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)
Commensality
Eating 3 meals together	2283	39.0	172	31.7	2111	39.7	<.0001	2437	29.5	311	25.1	2126	30.2	<.0001
Eating 2 meals together	2062	35.2	158	29.2	1904	35.8		2724	32.9	350	28.2	2374	33.8
Eating 1 meals together	904	15.4	89	16.4	815	15.3		1863	22.5	300	24.2	1563	22.2
Eating no meals together	605	10.3	123	22.7	482	9.1		1247	15.1	280	22.6	967	13.8
Household member
Alone	584	10.0	115	21.2	469	8.8	<.0001	1036	12.5	233	18.8	803	11.4	<.0001
> 1	5270	90.0	427	78.8	4843	91.2		7235	87.5	1008	81.2	6227	88.6
Generation
20–29 years old	705	12.2	73	13.5	632	11.9	<.0001	828	10.0	128	10.3	700	10.0	<.0001
30–49 years old	1843	31.9	112	20.7	1731	32.6		2922	35.3	318	25.6	2604	37.0
50–64 years old	1695	29.3	173	31.9	1522	28.7		2401	29.0	386	31.1	2016	28.7
≥ 65 years old	1610	27.8	184	33.9	1427	26.9		2119	25.6	409	33.0	1710	24.3
Residential area
Metropolis	2498	42.7	236	43.5	2262	42.6	0.8737	3648	44.1	524	42.2	3124	44.4	0.0005
City	2256	38.5	208	38.4	2048	38.6		3213	38.8	458	36.9	2755	39.2
Rural area	1100	18.8	98	18.1	1002	18.9		1410	17.0	259	20.9	1151	16.4
Household Income
Low	1105	19.1	186	34.3	919	17.3	<.0001	1737	21.0	433	34.9	1304	18.5	<.0001
Medium-low	1458	25.2	148	27.3	1310	24.7		2103	25.4	321	25.9	1782	25.3
Medium-high	1577	27.3	94	17.3	1483	27.9		2177	26.3	265	21.4	1912	27.2
High	1714	29.6	114	21.0	1600	30.1		2254	27.3	222	17.9	2032	28.9
Educational Attainment
Elementary School	1009	17.2	147	27.1	862	16.2	<.0001	2321	28.1	503	40.5	1818	25.9	<.0001
Middle School	648	11.1	70	12.9	578	10.9		843	10.2	146	11.8	697	9.9
High School Diploma	2020	34.5	191	35.2	1829	34.4		2483	30.0	340	27.4	2143	30.5
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher	2177	37.2	134	24.7	2043	38.5		2624	31.7	252	20.3	2372	33.7
Occupation
White Collar	1523	26.0	73	13.5	1450	27.3	<.0001	1660	20.1	145	11.7	1515	21.6	<.0001
Sales and Services	1015	17.3	90	16.6	925	17.4		1427	17.3	221	17.8	1206	17.2
Blue Collar	1590	27.2	135	24.9	1455	27.4		1016	12.3	172	13.9	844	12.0
Unemployed	1726	29.5	244	45.0	1482	27.9		4168	50.4	703	56.6	3465	49.3
Chronic Illnesses
None	3767	64.3	286	52.8	3481	65.5	<.0001	5171	62.5	655	52.8	4516	64.2	<.0001
1	1180	20.2	137	25.3	1043	19.6		1519	18.4	261	21.0	1258	17.9
2 or more	907	15.5	119	22.0	788	14.8		1581	19.1	325	26.2	1256	17.9
Smoking
Current Smoker	2013	34.4	210	38.7	1803	33.9	0.0444	384	4.6	110	8.9	274	3.9	<.0001
Past Smoker	2518	43.0	227	41.9	2291	43.1		443	5.4	83	6.7	360	5.1
Non-Smoker	1323	22.6	105	19.4	1218	22.9		7444	91.1	1048	84.4	6396	91.0
Drinking
Non-drinker	290	5.0	44	8.1	246	4.6	<.0001	1518	18.6	261	21.0	1257	17.9	<.0001
< 1 time per/month	1440	24.6	149	27.5	1291	24.3		3493	42.8	517	41.7	2976	42.3
< 4 times per/month	2045	34.9	148	27.3	1897	35.7		2439	29.9	323	26.0	2116	30.1
2–3 times per week	1373	23.5	112	20.7	1261	23.7		629	7.7	94	7.6	535	7.6
≥ 4 per week	706	12.1	89	16.4	617	11.6		192	2.4	46	3.7	146	2.1
Total	5854	100.0	542	9.3	5312	90.7		8271	100.0	1241	15.0	7030	85.0

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