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Table 3 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for variables tested for Australian-born and foreign-born men

From: Mental health in immigrant men and women in Australia: the North West Adelaide health study

 

Australian-born men

Foreign-born men

 

Diagnosis

Current depression

Medication

Consultation

Diagnosis

Current depression

Medication

Consultation

Age group

        

20-34

0.66 (0.39-1.13)

1.17 (0.60-2.30)

0.27 (0.12-0.61)*

0.30 (0.13-0.67)*

1.47 (0.71-3.07)

1.20 (0.50-2.88)

0.22 (0.05-0.99)*

1.47 (0.51-4.28)

35-44

0.59 (0.33-1.06)

0.95 (0.46-1.98)

0.73 (0.35-1.52)

0.48 (0.22-1.09)

0.33 (0.12-0.90)*

0.87 (0.34-2.21)

0.34 (0.09-1.27)

0.87 (0.26-2.90)

45-54

0.64 (0.34-1.21)

1.27 (0.60-2.68)

1.13 (0.55-2.36)

0.57 (0.24-1.32)

0.53 (0.24-1.19)

0.77 (0.32-1.85)

0.58 (0.21-1.57)

0.15 (0.02-1.05)

55-64

1.00

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

Marital status

        

Married

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

Never married

1.00 (0.64-1.54)

1.50 (0.94-2.38)

0.82 (0.44-1.56)

0.93 (0.47-1.87)

5.51 (2.71-11.20)*

3.49 (1.65-7.39)*

2.89 (0.99-8.43)

3.87 (1.31-11.47)*

Previously married

1.52 (0.77-2.95)

2.41 (1.23-4.72)*

3.22 (1.60-6.50)*

2.03 (0.83-4.99)

3.91 (1.73-8.86)*

1.59 (0.59-4.31)

4.94 (1.75-13.94)*

5.85 1.96-17.46)*

Education

        

Secondary

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

Trade/cert/diploma

1.01 (0.65-1.56)

0.62 (0.39-0.99)*

0.36 (0.20-0.63)*

0.46 (0.22-0.94)*

0.46 (0.24-0.88)*

0.61 (0.31-1.22)

0.38 (0.14-0.99)*

0.18 (0.06-0.56)*

Bachelor or higher

1.30 (0.79-2.12)

0.62 (0.35-1.10)

0.26 (0.11-0.58)*

1.18 (0.60-2.32)

0.45 (0.18-1.11)

0.44 (0.16-1.26)

0.57 (0.17-1.91)

0.44 (0.13-1.52)

Income

        

Up to $20,000

2.36 (1.27-4.37)*

3.30 (1.68-6.50)*

6.67 (3.23-13.83)*

8.55 (3.12-23.44)*

2.20 (0.97-5.02)

3.84 (1.50-9.79)*

16.23 (4.35-60.59)*

2.30 (0.59-8.94)

$20,001-40,000

1.30 (0.78-2.18)

2.59 (1.51-4.44)*

2.38 (1.19-4.78)*

3.86 (1.48-10.05)*

1.17 (0.55-2.47)

2.97 (1.29-6.80)*

2.54 (0.57-11.35)

3.51 (1.19-10.35)*

$40,001-60,000

1.15 (0.72-1.84)

1.30 (0.75-2.28)

1.20 (0.57-2.52)

4.60 (1.92-11.04)*

0.34 (0.13-0.89)*

0.62 (0.21-1.86)

1.99 (0.44-8.90)

0.47 (0.09-2.53)

Over $60,000

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

Employment

        

Employed

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

Not in workforce

1.92 (1.16-3.43)*

2.30 (1.30-4.08)*

2.13 (1.03-4.41)*

7.73 (3.99-14.95)*

1.40 (0.52-3.77)

1.66 (0.57-4.88)

4.11 (1.11-15.15)*

0.69 (0.09-5.50)

Unemployed/other

2.77 (1.33-5.77)*

2.37 (1.03-5.45)*

7.92 (3.77-16.64)*

7.85 (3.21-19.23)*

2.20 (0.99-4.84)

3.48 (1.55-7.80)*

10.11 (3.81-26.80)*

4.23 (1.57-11.43)*

Living situation

        

Lives with others

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00

1.00~

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

Lives alone

1.41 (0.81-2.45)

1.51 (0.83-2.75)

1.60 (0.80-3.22)

1.24 (0.52-2.95)

3.26 (1.40-7.63)*

1.21 (0.41-3.62)

3.89 (1.34-11.31)*

6.49 (2.32-18.06)*

General health

        

Good/very good/excellent

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

Fair/poor

3.62 (2.30-5.69)*

3.76 (2.31-6.11)*

4.28 (2.46-7.46)*

4.23 (2.42-8.45)*

7.90 (4.05-15.38)*

6.16 (3.05-12.44)*

4.35 (1.78-10.64)*

10.39 (4.07-26.52)*

Length of stay

-

-

-

-

    

< 20 years

-

-

-

-

0.65 (0.30-1.41)

0.50 (0.20-1.25)

0.16 (0.02-1.16)

2.36 (0.94-5.94)

≥20 years

-

-

-

-

1.00

1.00~

1.00~

1.00~

Background

-

-

-

-

    

English-speaking

-

-

-

-

1.00~

1.00~

1.00

1.00

Non-English speaking

-

-

-

-

1.67 (0.93-3.00)

2.43 (1.26-4.68)*

0.75 (0.31-1.83)

1.00 (0.41-2.44)

  1. *p < 0.05, ~p < 0.25 for overall Wald statistic and variable included in multivariate model; − length of stay/background not relevant for Australian-born.