Psychiatric disorders and urbanization in Germany

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Urbanization, gender, social class, marriage and age as predicting variables for psychiatric disorders in last 12 months in adults (18–64 years) in Germany in 1999

Any disorder	Odds Ratio	Std. Err.	z	P > z	[95% Conf. Interval]
rural	1.04	0.13	0.36	0.72	0.83	1.32
urban	1.20	0.13	1.64	0.10	0.97	1.49
very urban	1.20	0.14	1.60	0.11	0.96	1.51
extreme urban	1.43	0.15	3.32	0.00	1.16	1.76
Sex	1.71	0.12	7.93	0.00	1.50	1.96
Social class	1.34	0.11	3.53	0.00	1.14	1.58
Marriage	1.45	0.10	5.32	0.00	1.26	1.66
Mood
rural	1.15	0.21	0.80	0.43	0.81	1.64
urban	1.33	0.22	1.72	0.09	0.96	1.83
very urba	1.53	0.25	2.58	0.01	1.11	2.12
extreme urban	1.66	0.26	3.25	0.00	1.22	2.25
Sex	1.90	0.19	6.55	0.00	1.57	2.30
Social class	1.40	0.15	3.08	0.00	1.13	1.73
Marriage	1.65	0.17	4.93	0.00	1.35	2.01
Age	1.22	0.12	2.03	0.04	1.01	1.49
Anxiety
rural	1.10	0.16	0.63	0.53	0.82	1.47
urban	1.17	0.16	1.14	0.25	0.89	1.53
very urba	0.90	0.13	-0.69	0.49	0.67	1.21
extreme urban	1.28	0.17	1.85	0.07	0.99	1.66
Sex	2.27	0.20	9.20	0.00	1.91	2.71
Social class	1.47	0.14	3.94	0.00	1.21	1.78
Somatoform
rural	0.97	0.19	-0.17	0.86	0.66	1.41
urban	1.27	0.22	1.40	0.16	0.91	1.77
very urban	1.72	0.29	3.21	0.00	1.24	2.40
extreme urban	1.69	0.27	3.24	0.00	1.23	2.31
Sex	1.95	0.20	6.49	0.00	1.59	2.38
Social class	1.25	0.14	1.95	0.05	1.00	1.57
Abuse
Sex	0.23	0.04	-8.35	0.00	0.16	0.32
Social class	1.61	0.27	2.83	0.01	1.16	2.25
Marriage	2.42	0.41	5.15	0.00	1.73	3.38
Age	0.60	0.10	-2.98	0.00	0.42	0.84
Psychotic
Social class	1.43	0.31	1.65	0.10	0.94	2.18
Marriage	1.40	0.27	1.73	0.08	0.96	2.04

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