Does social media usage ameliorate loneliness in rural youth? A cross sectional pilot study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Binomial logistic regression (BLR) of factors associated with psychological distress^a

Predictor	Estimate	Z	p
Gender	2.57	2.07	0.039
Age	3.40	1.98	0.048
Rurality	1.94	1.92	0.054
Household composition	3.04	2.27	0.023
Employment status	1.27	1.59	0.113
Educational level	4.19	2.46	0.014
General State of Health Rating	0.802	1.253	0.210
Most commonly used Facebook	-2.86	-1.74	0.082

^a Estimates represent the log odds of "Psychological distress = 1" vs. "Psychological distress = 0"

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