Table 5 Percentage using selected coping behaviours and having low levels of support, employed population aged 25 to 64, by prevalence of depression, Canada excluding territories, 2002

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Table 5
Percentage using selected coping behaviours and having low levels of support, employed population aged 25 to 64, by prevalence of depression, Canada excluding territories, 2002
Coping behaviour (used often or sometimes versus rarely or never)	Depression in past 12 months
	Yes	No
Try to problem solve	97.4	97.2
Wish it would go away	90.9	76.4*
Positive tension reduction	90.8	91.9
Look on bright side	88.1	95.3*
Negative tension reduction	82	53.1*
Talk to others	76.1	82.7*
Blame myself	74.2	49.7*
Avoid people	66	32.7*
Support
Low co-worker support	47	32.2*
Low supervisor support	24.2	16.9*
Low emotional social support	23.9	12.2*
* Significantly different from estimate for those with depression in past 12 months (p < 0.05).
Note: Based on 17,433 respondents, of whom 716 (255 men, 461 women) had experienced depression in the past 12 months; 16,662 had not experienced depression (8,662 men, 8,000 women), and 55 records were missing data on depression (28 men, 27 women).
Data source: 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-being.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Health Reports, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.