Analytical sample characteristics by country and sex
| Country | CZ (n=4677) | RU (n=4622) | PO (n=6139) | All (n=15 438) | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Number of participants | 2137 | 2540 | 2006 | 2616 | 2957 | 3182 | 7100 | 8338 |
| Follow-up measures (2006/2008) | ||||||||
| Elevated depressive symptoms (CES-D 10 score >4) (%) | 7.1 | 15.0 | 24.4 | 43.8 | 21.1 | 34.4 | 17.9 | 31.4 |
| Baseline measures (2002/2005) | ||||||||
| Mean age (years) | 58.8 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 57.7 | 58.2 | 57.7 |
| Median social cohesion score (5–25) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Social cohesion tertiles (%) | ||||||||
| High (21–25) | 27.9 | 27.6 | 49.7 | 50.8 | 48.5 | 43.2 | 40.5 | 40.9 |
| Medium (18–20) | 37.4 | 35.8 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 33.8 | 32.1 | 33.0 | 31.9 |
| Low (5–17) | 34.7 | 36.7 | 22.9 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 24.6 | 26.4 | 27.5 |
| Drinking frequency (%) | ||||||||
| Never | 4.9 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 15.1 | 19.9 | 43.2 | 13.4 | 25.5 |
| Less than once a month | 16.3 | 33.5 | 16.8 | 54.7 | 19.8 | 27.2 | 17.9 | 37.8 |
| One to three times a month | 17.9 | 25.4 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 23.5 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 21.6 |
| One to four times a week | 37.5 | 22.8 | 43.3 | 8.6 | 29.5 | 10.0 | 35.8 | 13.4 |
| Five or more times a week | 23.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 11.4 | 1.8 |
| Smoking status (%) | ||||||||
| Never | 34.6 | 56.5 | 26.1 | 86.4 | 29.9 | 51.3 | 30.2 | 63.9 |
| Past | 38.2 | 21.8 | 27.8 | 4.9 | 36.3 | 21.3 | 34.5 | 16.3 |
| Current | 27.2 | 21.7 | 46.1 | 8.7 | 33.8 | 27.5 | 35.3 | 19.8 |
| Married or cohabiting (%) | 85.3 | 69.6 | 89.3 | 61.6 | 89.0 | 68.3 | 88.0 | 66.6 |
| Educational level (%) | ||||||||
| Primary or less | 4.2 | 14.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 10.4 |
| Vocational | 40.5 | 28.9 | 22.9 | 30.6 | 26.0 | 15.2 | 29.5 | 24.2 |
| Secondary | 34.3 | 44.5 | 36.5 | 35.4 | 33.6 | 43.9 | 34.6 | 41.4 |
| University | 21.1 | 12.2 | 35.9 | 29.0 | 32.4 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 23.9 |
| Median economic deprivation score (0–12) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Self-rated health (%) | ||||||||
| Very good | 3.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| Good | 40.5 | 41.3 | 16.0 | 5.2 | 37.2 | 30.6 | 32.2 | 25.9 |
| Fair | 47.5 | 46.2 | 69.9 | 68.7 | 45.5 | 52.5 | 53.0 | 55.7 |
| Poor | 8.4 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 24.3 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 14.9 |
| Very poor | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Median CES-D 20 score (0–60) | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Elevated depressive symptoms (CES-D 20 score ≥16) (%) | 11.1 | 21.5 | 14.5 | 32.5 | 18.7 | 30.2 | 15.3 | 28.2 |
*CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Depression; CZ, Czech Republic; PO, Poland; RU, Russia.