| n (8243) | Depressive disorder | Anxiety disorder | Any diagnosis | |
| (%) | (%) | (%) | ||
| Housing tenure at 45 | ||||
| Own outright or mortgage | 7221 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| Rent or other | 1022 | 2.6*** | 3.7** | 8.4*** |
| Marital status at 45 | ||||
| Married, remarried | 6056 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| Single | 887 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 6.4* |
| Separated, divorced, widowed | 1300 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 6.1** |
| Qualifications at 33 | ||||
| ‘A’ levels or higher | 3994 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| ‘O’ levels | 3674 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
| None | 571 | 2.2 | 4.7** | 8.3*** |
| Long-standing illness at 42 | ||||
| No | 6066 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| Yes | 2177 | 2.0*** | 3.5** | 6.8*** |
| Job demands | ||||
| Low | 2344 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| Medium | 2512 | 1.4** | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| High | 3387 | 1.7*** | 3.5*** | 6.3*** |
| Decision latitude | ||||
| High | 3807 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| Medium | 1672 | 1.6* | 1.9 | 4.2 |
| Low | 2764 | 1.4 | 3.2** | 6.2*** |
| Support at work | ||||
| High | 2875 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| Medium | 2599 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| Low | 2819 | 1.5 | 3.2** | 6.2*** |
| Job security | ||||
| Secure | 7023 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| Insecure | 1219 | 2.1* | 4.1*** | 7.5*** |
| Job strain | ||||
| Low | 6546 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| High | 1697 | 2.1** | 3.8*** | 7.7*** |
| Socioeconomic group at 42 | ||||
| Employers/managers – large establishments | 1388 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| Employers/managers – small establishments | 884 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.3 |
| Professional workers – self-employed | 134 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| Professional workers – employees | 322 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 7.2* |
| Intermediate non-manual workers | 1337 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 |
| Junior non-manual workers | 1321 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
| Personal service workers | 443 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| Foremen and supervisors – manual | 399 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| Skilled manual workers | 661 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Semi-skilled manual workers | 496 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| Unskilled manual workers | 202 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 9.4** |
| Own account workers (non-professional) | 543 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Others (farmers, agricultural, armed forces) | 113 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 |
Frequencies are derived from non-weighted data. Significance tested using weighted logistic regression analyses adjusted for sex; first category is the reference group for each factor.
*p = 0.05, **p = 0.01, ***p<0.001.