From: Depression in the elderly in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study
Depressed | Not Depressed | Unadjusted ORs | 95% Confidence intervals | P-Value | |
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n = 387 N (weighted) | n = 566 N (weighted) | ||||
Marital status | |||||
Living With Spouse | 142 | 336 | 1.0 | ||
Living Without Spouse | 245 | 230 | 2.5 | 2.0-3.1 | <0.01* |
Consider children as future security | |||||
Yes | 296 | 466 | 1.0 | ||
No | 82 | 80 | 1.6 | 1.1-2.4 | |
Don’t Know | 09 | 20 | 0.7 | 0.3-1.5 | 0.01* |
Family structure | |||||
Extended With Children | 346 | 509 | 1.0 | ||
Extended With Other Relatives | 16 | 14 | 1.6 | 0.8-3.5 | |
Nuclear | 15 | 27 | 0.8 | 0.4-1.5 | 0.49 |
Alone | 10 | 16 | 0.9 | 0.5-1.8 | |
Number of adult male children alive (weighted means+SD) | 2.5 (1.7) | 2.6 (1.8) | 0.9 | 0.8-1.0 | 0.17* |
Adjusted ORs | 95% Confidence intervals | P-Value | |||
Marital status | |||||
Living With Spouse | 1.0 | ||||
Living Without Spouse | 1.6 | 1.3-2.1 | <0.00** | ||
Consider children as future security | |||||
Yes | 1.0 | ||||
No | 2.1 | 1.4-3.1 | <0.00** | ||
Don’t Know | 0.9 | 0.4-2.5 | |||
Number of adult male children alive | 0.9 | 0.8-0.9 | 0.01** | ||
(as continuous) |