Table 3 Demographic, socioeconomic, health care utilization, conflict, and displacement related factors associated with mental health disorders, multivariable logistic regression models

Age Group

18 to 34

0.4 (0.1–1.6)

0.0035

0.4 (0.2–0.9)

0.0035

35 to 49

1

1

50 to 64

0.9 (0.5–1.7)

0.7 (0.4–1.1)

65 +

0.6 (0.3–1.3)

0.5 (0.3–0.8)

Gender

Female

3.8 (1.7–8.5)

0.0011

2.2 (1.2–3.9)

0.0072

Male

1

1

Ethnicity

Muslim or Sinhala

0.1 (0.0–0.4)

0.0022

0.0 (0.0–0.6)

0.0231

Tamil

1

1

Religion

Hindu

1

0.0372

1

0.0272

Islam

6.7 (1.4–32.2)

8.3 (0.6–122.0)

Christian or other

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

0.6 (0.4–1.1)

Employment Status

Employed

1

< 0.0001

1

< 0.0001

1

0.068

1

0.0017

Unemployed/Off Sick/Disabled

3.3 (1.9–5.7)

4.2 (2.5–7.2)

0.8 (0.3–1.9)

2.8 (1.0–7.4)

Student, Retired, Other

0.7 (0.3–1.5)

0.6 (0.2–2.1)

1.9 (1.1–3.3)

1.0 (0.3–3.0)

Housewife / At Home

1.0 (0.5–2.0)

2.1 (1.4–3.2)

1.6 (0.6–4.0)

1.2 (0.6–2.2)

Education Level

No formal education, other education

2.4 (1.1–5.4)

0.0067

0.6 (0.2–2.1)

< 0.0001

1.9 (1.1–3.3)

0.0395

0.8 (0.3–1.8)

0.0123

Grades 1-Grade 5

3.0 (1.5–5.8)

2.2 (1.3–3.7)

4.0 (1.4–11.3)

1.5 (0.9–2.8)

Grades 6 through O/Ls (Grade 12)

1.9 (1.1–3.5)

2.6 (0.8–8.7)

2.3 (0.8–6.5)

1.9 (1.2–3.0)

University or Higher

1

1

1

1

Household Size

1 to 3

1

< 0.0001

4 to 5

0.9 (0.5–1.5)

6 to 10

2.1 (1.2–3.8)

Born in Region?

No

1

0.0049

1

0.0136

1

0.0185

Yes

0.4 (0.2–0.8)

0.4 (0.2–0.8)

0.5 (0.3–0.9)

Lived in Region for Conflict?

No

1

0.0451

Yes

3.8 (1.0–14.0)

Variable^a,b

Level

aOR^c (95% CI)

p-value

aOR^c (95% CI)

p-value

aOR^c (95% CI)

p-value

aOR^c (95% CI)

p-value

aOR^c (95% CI)

p-value

Number of Times Displaced

Once

1

0.0952

More Than Once

1.7 (0.9–3.1)

Did you return to your area of origin? If no, why not?

Home/Village Destroyed, Nowhere to go

1.6 (0.8–3.2)

0.0186

Did not want to return to old home

1.6 (0.8–3.3)

Government directed to a different location

2.7 (0.8–8.6)

Did return to area of origin

1

Loss of family during conflict

No

1

0.0026

1

0.0029

1

0.0737

1

0.0095

Yes

1.7 (1.1–2.7)

2.0 (1.3–3.0)

1.5 (1.0–2.4)

1.6 (1.1–2.2)

Injury to family during conflict

No

1

0.0001

1

0.0485

1

0.0824

1

0.0005

1

< 0.0001

Yes

2.0 (1.4–2.9)

1.9 (1.0–3.7)

2.1 (0.9–4.7)

2.3 (1.5–3.8)

1.7 (1.3–2.2)

Social Support Availability

Low

2.4 (1.2–4.8)

< 0.0001

1.8 (1.0–3.5)

0.0116

Medium

1.0 (0.5–2.0)

0.9 (0.4–2.4)

High

1

1

Social Support Adequacy

Low

2.1 (1.3–3.4)

< 0.0001

3.7 (2.6–5.2)

< 0.0001

8.9 (4.2–18.8)

< 0.0001

4.2 (2.3–7.4)

< 0.0001

1.9 (1.0–3.7)

0.0265

Medium

2.7 (1.8–4.2)

3.0 (1.3–6.9)

7.1 (3.3–15.2)

3.6 (2.0–6.5)

2.4 (1.2–4.8)

High

1

1

1

1

1

Social Network Adequacy

Inadequate

1.7 (1.3–2.3)

0.0007

1.9 (1.2–2.9)

0.0066

1.5 (1.0–2.4)

0.0796

1.9 (1.1–3.4)

0.0314

Adequate

1

1

1

1

Saw MH specialist within past 3 months^f

No

1

0.0002

1

< 0.0001

1

< 0.0001

1

0.0145

Yes

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

0.5 (0.2–0.9)

The care I received was not good

Disagree

1

0.0141

Agree

1.8 (1.1–2.8)

Hospital Type

District Hospital

1

0.0159

Primary medical care unit

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

1.2 (1.1–1.2)

< 0.0001

1.1 (1.1–1.2)

0.0002