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Table 2 Crude odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the associations between major depressive episode, socio-economic status variables and area of residence with alcohol use disorder

From: Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

Characteristic

Hazardous drinking (N = 1019)

Harmful-dependent drinking (N = 175)

P-value

Major depressive episode

 No

1

1

< 0.001

 Yes

0.52 (0.43, 0.63)

2.55 (1.80, 3.62)

 

Wealth index

 Tercile 3 (wealthiest)

1

1

< 0.001

 Tercile 1 (poorest)

1.36 (1.23, 1.50)

2.11 (1.74, 2.58)

 

 Tercile 2

1.29 (1.17, 1.43)

0.86 (0.62, 1.43)

 

Education

 2′ school

1

1

< 0.001

 1′ school

0.69 (0.66, 0.72)

0.66 (0.57, 0.77)

 

Employment status

 Employed

1

1

0.05

 Unemployed

0.79 (0.65, 0.96)

0.68 (0.47, 0.98)

 

Area of residence

 Urban

1

1

< 0.001

 Rural

1.16 (1.09, 1.24)

0.87 (0.77, 0.98)

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