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Table 2 Predictors of Common Mental Disorders in adolescent girls and young women

From: Common mental disorders and HIV status in the context of DREAMS among adolescent girls and young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

 

Bivariate

Age adjusted

Multivariate

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age group

 13–14

1

   

1

 

 15–17

1.76

1.25–2.47

  

1.52

1.03–2.23

 18–19

2.61

1.84–3.70

  

1.93

1.23–3.03

 20–22

3.51

2.51–4.91

  

2.41

1.46–3.98

Occupation

 In school

0.63

0.50–0.79

1.13

0.85–1.50

1.21

0.83–1.76

 Employed

0.83

0.34–1.99

0.78

0.32–1.87

0.56

0.18–1.75

Socio-economic status

 Lowest third

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Middle third

1.05

0.82–1.35

1.04

0.81–1.35

1.05

0.80–1.37

 Highest third

1.11

0.85–1.44

1.17

0.89–1.52

1.23

0.91–1.65

Urbanicity

 Rural

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Peri-urban/urban

1.42

1.15–1.74

1.44

1.17–1.78

1.32

1.04–1.67

Food insecurities

 Yes

1.85

1.50–2.28

1.58

1.28–1.97

1.72

1.35–2.19

Has cellphone

 Yes

1.91

1.52–2.40

1.26

0.97–1.64

1.15

0.86–1.53

Migrated ever since age 13

 Within PIPSA

1.42

1.02–1.98

1.07

0.76–1.51

0.98

0.66–1.46

 External migration

1.86

1.35–2.56

1.26

0.90–1.76

1.22

0.83–1.79

Ever been or currently pregnant

 Yes

2.08

1.67–2.59

1.39

1.07–1.81

1.29

0.94–1.76

Knows own HIV status

 Yes

1.69

1.38–2.07

1.28

1.03–1.59

1.06

0.82–1.37

HIV status

 Seronegative

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Seropositive

1.88

1.40–2.53

1.47

1.08–1.99

1.26

0.89–1.77

 Unknown

0.86

0.56–1.32

0.72

0.46–1.10

0.66

0.41–1.07

Ever experienced gender-based violence

 Yes

1.84

1.50–2.26

1.97

1.59–2.43

1.84

1.46–2.32

Ever drunk alcohol

 Ever but not last month

1.63

1.24–2.15

1.56

1.18–2.07

1.48

1.08–2.01

 Drank last month

2.46

1.81–3.33

2.27

1.67–3.10

2.18

1.54–3.06

Community-level DREAMS interventions used

 One

0.89

0.69–1.14

1.28

0.97–1.68

1.09

0.77–1.54

 Two

0.82

0.60–1.11

1.27

0.91–1.76

1.14

0.76–1.71

 Three or more

0.68

0.51–0.90

1.13

0.82–1.56

1.00

0.67–1.50

Individual-level DREAMS interventions used

 One

1.61

1.25–2.09

1.28

0.97–1.68

1.19

0.87–1.62

 Two

1.96

1.46–2.64

1.34

0.98–1.85

1.10

0.74–1.61

 Three or more

2.85

2.05–3.95

1.96

1.38–2.78

1.69

1.10–2.61

  1. OR Odds ratio; CI Confidence interval. Where not shown, reference category is ‘no’, ‘none’ or ‘never’