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Table 3 Factors associated with depressive symptoms among orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia
| Boys | Girls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | p-value | 95 % CI | B | p-value | 95 % CI | |
| Age (vs. 11–12) | ||||||
| 13−14 | 2.7 | 0.074 | (−0.3, 5.7) | 2.2 | 0.161 | (−0.9, 5.3) |
| 15−16 | 3.1 | 0.125 | (−0.9, 7.1) | 2.1 | 0.247 | (−1.5, 5.6) |
| 17−18 | 1.6 | 0.629 | (−5.0, 8.2) | 8.5 | 0.003 | (3.0, 14.0) |
| HIV Status (vs. HIV positive) | ||||||
| Negative | −1.0 | 0.525 | (−4.2, 2.2) | 1.4 | 0.430 | (−2.1, 4.9) |
| Don’t know | 2.2 | 0.608 | (−6.3, 10.8) | −1.8 | 0.638 | (−9.2, 5.6) |
| Orphan status (vs. non−orphans) | ||||||
| Single orphans | −1.6 | 0.370 | (−5.2, 1.9) | −3.4 | 0.059 | (−7.0, 0.1) |
| Double orphans | −2.3 | 0.409 | (−7.8, 3.2) | −0.5 | 0.834 | (−5.0, 4.1) |
| Having to take care of younger siblings/relatives | −1.2 | 0.399 | (−4.1, 1.6) | 2.1 | 0.120 | (−0.5, 4.8) |
| Having been too sick in the past 6 months | 3.5 | 0.014 | (0.7, 6.2) | 5.7 | <0.001 | (2.9, 8.5) |
| Having enough food to eat | −2.0 | 0.504 | (−8.0, 3.9) | −8.7 | 0.001 | (−13.7, −3.7) |
| Physical abuse | −0.8 | 0.688 | (−4.6, 3.1) | 4.0 | 0.091 | (−0.6, 8.6) |
| Emotional abuse | 1.5 | 0.388 | (−1.9, 4.9) | 2.1 | 0.254 | (−1.5, 5.7) |
| Sexual abuse | 2.3 | 0.629 | (−7.2, 11.8) | −0.7 | 0.909 | (−13.7, 12.2) |
| Physical neglect | 1.1 | 0.775 | (−6.7, 8.9) | 3.9 | 0.395 | (−5.1, 12.9) |
| Emotional neglect | 3.8 | 0.358 | (−4.3, 12.0) | 0.2 | 0.969 | (−8.3, 8.6) |
| Witnessed violence in family | 5.6 | 0.006 | (1.6, 9.6) | 5.8 | 0.006 | (1.7, 9.9) |
| Had an alcoholic/a drug using family member | −2.2 | 0.213 | (−5.8, 1.3) | 1.0 | 0.541 | (−2.3, 4.4) |
| Had a mentally ill family member | −5.5 | 0.014 | (−9.9, −1.1) | 1.4 | 0.493 | (−2.6, 5.3) |
| Separated or divorced or dead parents | 1.1 | 0.540 | (−2.3, 4.4) | 3.9 | 0.026 | (0.5, 7.2) |
| Had a family member who had been to prison | 1.5 | 0.631 | (−4.7, 7.7) | 5.6 | 0.075 | (−0.6, 11.7) |
| School attachment | −1.4 | <0.001 | (−2.0, −0.9) | −1.4 | <0.001 | (−2.0, −0.9) |
