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Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression for the outcome variable 'depression' among inmates

From: Demographic and clinical predictors of depressive symptoms among incarcerated women

Independent variables

Outcome variable

 

Light depression

Mild depression

Severe depression

 

Relative risk ratio

P value

Standard error

Relative risk ratio

P value

Standard error

Relative risk ratio

P value

Standard error

Age

0.47

0.34

0.37

0.23

0.08

0.19

0.12

0.04

0.12

Ethnicity

2.00

0.39

1.60

1.21

0.82

1.00

0.51

0.502

0.51

Marital status

1.27

0.76

0.97

0.39

0.24

0.31

1.89

0.504

1.81

Education

0.51

0.37

0.38

0.93

0.93

0.73

0.17

0.09

0.17

Comorbidities

5.43

0.04

4.38

3.17

0.17

2.66

8.81

0.03

8.80

Religion

2.76

0.21

2.25

6.09

0.03

0.60

5.78

0.08

5.80

Eating habits

1.46

0.63

1.16

5.70

0.04

4.71

11.11

0.01

10.93

Visitors

2.57

0.21

1.92

2.23

0.32

1.78

9.15

0.02

8.66

Tobacco

0.22

0.06

0.17

0.70

0.68

0.60

2.13

0.453

2.15

  1. Wald statistics = w = 77.7 P < 0.000 Pseudo RZ = 0.289. Bold types for p values indicate significance at the level of 0.05.