Table 5 Averaged marginal effects on the probability of depressive symptoms among older adults aged 60 years and above in India, LASI wave 1, 2017-18 (N = 30,366)
| Â | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AME in pp (CI at 95%) | AME in pp (CI at 95%) | AME in pp (CI at 95%) | AME in pp (CI at 95%) | AME in pp (CI at 95%) | |
Social exclusion | |||||
 Civic activity & social relation exclusion score | |||||
 0 (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  1 |  | −0.021 (−0.035 -0.006) | −0.031 (−0.046 -0.017) |  |  |
  2 |  | 0.022***(0.008 0.036) | − 0.001 (− 0.016 0.013) |  |  |
  3 |  | 0.123***(0.094 0.153) | 0.068***(0.039 0.097) |  |  |
  4 |  | 0.333***(0.166 0.5) | 0.263***(0.091 0.435) |  |  |
 Service exclusion score | |||||
  0 (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  1 |  | 0.236***(0.21 0.262) |  | 0.226***(0.2 0.252) |  |
  2 |  | 0.351***(0.322 0.381) |  | 0.346***(0.316 0.376) |  |
 Overall social exclusion score | |||||
  0 (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  1 |  | −0.007 (−0.021 0.007) |  |  | − 0.015* (− 0.03 -0.001) |
  2 |  | 0.06***(0.045 0.074) |  |  | 0.041***(0.026 0.055) |
  3 |  | 0.212***(0.187 0.236) |  |  | 0.175***(0.151 0.2) |
  4 |  | 0.326***(0.277 0.374) |  |  | 0.291***(0.243 0.34) |
  5 |  | 0.282***(0.14 0.424) |  |  | 0.228***(0.087 0.369) |
  6 |  | 0.428 (−0.105 0.962) |  |  | 0.362 (−0.202 0.927) |
 Age group | |||||
  60-69 (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  70-79 | 0.024***(0.012 0.036) |  | 0.023***(0.012 0.035) | 0.025***(0.013 0.036) | 0.022***(0.01 0.033) |
  80+ | 0.058***(0.04 0.076) |  | 0.055***(0.037 0.073) | 0.06***(0.042 0.077) | 0.049***(0.032 0.067) |
 Place of residence | |||||
  Rural (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  Urban | −0.015**(−0.026 -0.003) |  | − 0.016***(− 0.027 -0.005) | −0.015***(− 0.026 -0.004) | −0.016***(− 0.027 -0.005) |
 Gender | |||||
  Men (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  Women | 0.012**(0.001 0.024) |  | 0.012**(0.001 0.024) | 0.016***(0.005 0.028) | 0.012**(0 0.023) |
 Marital status | |||||
  Married (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  Non-married | 0.055***(0.043 0.067) |  | 0.047***(0.035 0.059) | 0.052***(0.04 0.064) | 0.037***(0.025 0.049) |
 Educational status | |||||
  No formal education (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  Formal education | −0.045***(−0.056 -0.033) |  | −0.043***(− 0.054 -0.031) | −0.035***(− 0.046 -0.024) | −0.035***(− 0.046 -0.023) |
 Wealth index | |||||
  Poor (ref.) |  |  |  |  |  |
  Middle | −0.034***(− 0.047 -0.02) |  | −0.034***(− 0.047 -0.02) | −0.033***(− 0.047 -0.02) | −0.033***(− 0.046 -0.019) |
  Rich | −0.024***(− 0.035 -0.012) |  | −0.025***(− 0.037 -0.014) | −0.025***(− 0.036 -0.014) | −0.026***(− 0.037 -0.014) |