Table 2

Category of mental disorders among dependent spouses, according to the characteristics of the couples, 2002–2013 (χ², N=5643 couples)

	No mental disorders		Affective disorders		Anxiety disorders		Other mental disorders		χ²
Variables	n₁	Per cent	n₂	Per cent	n₃	Per cent	n₄	Per cent	p Value
Total	3230	57.24	189	3.35	1410	24.99	814	14.42
Insured spouse characteristics
Category of mental disorders									<0.0001*
No mental disorders	2118	62.22†	102	3.00	760	22.33	424	12.46
Affective disorders	80	52.98	11	7.28‡	35	23.18	25	16.56
Anxiety disorders	569	47.54	48	4.01	393	32.83§	187	15.62
Other	463	51.96	28	3.14	222	24.92	178	19.98¶
Gender									<0.0001*
Female	907	62.12	36	2.47	278	19.04	239	16.37
Male	2323	55.53	153	3.66	1132	27.06	575	13.75
Age (years)									<0.0001*
16–34	245	64.64	17	4.49	69	18.21	48	12.66
35–44	814	62.86	52	4.02	265	20.46	164	12.66
45–54	1000	62.23	46	2.86	367	22.84	194	12.07
55–64	643	54.26	34	2.87	316	26.67	192	16.20
≥65	528	44.86	40	3.40	393	33.39	216	18.35
Occupation									<0.0001*
First category (private employee and government employee)	1755	60.85	100	3.47	658	22.82	371	12.86
Second category (labour union member)	471	60.00	25	3.18	177	22.55	112	14.27
Third category (farmer and fisherman)	348	50.07	13	1.87	203	29.21	131	18.85
Fourth, fifth and sixth categories (soldier, social security insured and veteran and religious group member)	656	51.29	51	3.99	372	29.09	200	15.64
Premium-based monthly salary (US$)									0.0133*
≤576	984	54.79	65	3.62	485	27.00	262	14.59
576–760	1033	56.36	54	2.95	452	24.66	294	16.04
760–960	259	62.71	15	3.63	84	20.34	55	13.32
960–1210	275	57.17	15	3.12	123	25.57	68	14.14
1210–1526	297	62.79	16	3.38	117	24.74	43	9.09
>1526	382	59.04	24	3.71	149	23.03	92	14.22
Comorbidity (CCI)									<0.0001*
0	2337	60.65	129	3.35	864	22.42	523	13.57
≥1	883	49.77	60	3.38	543	30.61	288	16.23
Catastrophic illness and injury									0.0003*
Absent	2965	58.07	170	3.33	1262	24.72	709	13.89
Present	265	49.35	19	3.54	148	27.56	105	19.55
Dependent spouse characteristics
Gender									<0.0001*
Female	2323	55.53	153	3.66	1132	27.06	575	13.75
Male	907	62.12	36	2.47	278	19.04	239	16.37
Age (years)									<0.0001*
16–34	437	66.82	25	3.82	119	18.20	73	11.16
35–44	886	61.74	63	4.39	313	21.81	173	12.06
45–54	837	60.17	37	2.66	326	23.44	191	13.73
55–64	620	53.82	32	2.78	328	28.47	172	14.93
≥65	450	44.51	32	3.17	324	32.05	205	20.28
Comorbidity (CCI)									<0.0001*
0	2655	64.72	133	3.24	799	19.48	515	12.55
≥1	558	36.61	56	3.67	611	40.09	299	19.62
Catastrophic illness and injury									<0.0001*
Absent	3023	58.17	170	3.27	1286	24.75	718	13.82
Present	207	46.41	19	4.26	124	27.80	96	21.52
Shared ecological characteristics
Region									0.1089
Taipei	1177	59.44	73	3.69	459	23.18	271	13.69
Northern	512	58.92	25	2.88	216	24.86	116	13.35
Central	584	54.28	34	3.16	298	27.70	160	14.87
Southern	429	57.05	20	2.66	201	26.73	102	13.56
Southeast	466	55.02	33	3.90	211	24.91	137	16.17
Eastern	61	58.10	3	2.86	20	19.05	21	20.00
Urbanisation level									0.3627
Level 1 (highest)	1014	58.11	66	3.78	417	23.90	248	14.21
Level 2	972	58.38	60	3.60	404	24.26	229	13.75
Level 3	548	57.44	24	2.52	247	25.89	135	14.15
Level 4	399	53.99	23	3.11	193	26.12	124	16.78
Level 5 (lowest)	290	55.88	15	2.89	144	27.75	70	13.49

*p<0.05.
†Cell percentage =37.53%.
‡Cell percentage =0.19%.
§Cell percentage =6.96%.
¶Cell percentage =3.15%.
CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index.