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Table 4 Prevalence of depressive symptoms (percentage) by country and caregiving status

From: Is caregiving by baby boomer women related to the presence of depressive symptoms? Evidence from eight national surveys

Country

Caregiving status

 

No

Yes

p

People’s Republic of China

48.02

42.17

 

Japan

19.49

18.71

 

Korea

14.13

16.28

 

Mexico

38.16

49.41

**

Taiwan

11.32

5.26

 

UK

23.64

31.35

**

USA

19.24

15.46

 

Austria

23.74

20.00

 

Belgium

27.63

40.66

*

Denmark

25.19

20.00

 

France

37.56

53.33

*

Germany

18.57

31.37

*

Greece

26.91

52.17

***

Israel

33.33

32.86

 

Italy

34.94

51.72

 

Netherlands

21.25

28.07

 

Spain

33.33

64.71

**

Sweden

24.89

27.27

 

Switzerland

28.28

25.00

 
  1. * p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001