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Table 4 Longitudinal repeated measures mixed effects model showing the associations between predictors and paternal depressive symptoms in the Millennium Cohort Study across all time points a

From: The prevalence of depressive symptoms among fathers and associated risk factors during the first seven years of their child’s life: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Predictors from all sweeps

Coefficient (95 % CI)b

p

MCS wave

  

Wave 1

reference group

 

Wave 2

-0.49 (-0.61 - -0.37)

<0.001

Wave 3

-0.44 (-0.56 - -0.31)

<0.001

Wave 4

-0.38 (-0.49 - -0.22)

<0.001

Family context factors

  

Maternal depressive symptoms

0.08 (0.06 - 0.10)

<0.001

Marital conflict

0.84 (0.77 - 0.91)

<0.001

Socioeconomic factors

  

Paternal education

 

0.522

 No qualifications

reference group

 

 School level, Degree or higher

-0.10 (-0.40 - 0.20)

 

Ethnic background

  

 White

reference group

 

 Indian, Pakistani, & Bangladeshi

0.56 (0.05 - 1.07)

0.031

 Afro-Caribbean & British afro-Caribbean

-0.74 (-1.23 - 0.25)

0.003

 Mixed, other

0.76 (-0.01 - 1.53)

0.053

Fathers employment

  

 Employed

reference group

 

 Unemployed

1.13 (0.70 - 1.56)

<0.001

Housing tenure

 

0.001

 Council and private renting, %

reference group

 

 home owner, %

-0.41 (-0.66 - -0.17)

 

Family income (per £1000 p.a.)

-0.31 (-0.58 - -0.06)

0.022

  1. a Finite population correction factor could not be fitted onto model, but all other required weights (accounting for clustering, attrition/non-response and oversampling for ethnic minorities/disadvantaged participants) were incorporated
  2. b Sample size 4766