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Table 1
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios relating marital dissolution and selected characteristics to a new episode of depression over a two-year period, by sex, household population aged 20 to 64 and married at baseline, Canada excluding territories

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Men
Women
Unadjusted odds ratio
95% confidence interval
Adjusted odds ratio
95% confidence interval
Unadjusted odds ratio
95% confidence interval
Adjusted odds ratio
95% confidence interval
Marital dissolution†
6.0*
4.0 to 8.8
3.3*
1.7 to 6.5
3.5*
2.4 to 4.9
2.4*
1.6 to 3.5
Household income
Decreased
...
...
1
0.7 to 1.5
...
...
1.5*
1.1 to 2.1
Increased or unchanged‡
...
...
1
…
...
...
1
…
Number of children in household
Children present, no change‡
...
...
1
…
...
...
1
…
No children, no change
...
...
0.8
0.6 to 1.2
...
...
1.3
1.0 to 1.8
One or more children left household
...
...
1.9
0.9 to 4.2
...
...
1.1
0.5 to 2.6
Social support
Increased
...
...
0.9
0.5 to 1.6
...
...
1.7*
1.1 to 2.5
Remained high‡
...
...
1
…
...
...
1
…
Decreased
...
...
2.3*
1.3 to 3.9
...
...
2.4*
1.6 to 3.5
Remained low
...
...
2.9*
1.4 to 6.0
...
...
1.7
0.9 to 3.0
Work status
Working at baseline and follow-up‡
...
...
1
…
...
...
1
…
Working at baseline, not at follow-up
...
...
1.7
1.0 to 3.1
...
...
1.4
1.0 to 2.0
Not working at baseline, working at follow-up
...
...
0.5
0.2 to 1.4
...
...
1.3
0.8 to 2.0
Not working at baseline or follow-up
...
...
1.1
0.7 to 1.9
...
...
1.4
1.0 to 1.9
History of depression†
...
...
5.8*
3.6 to 9.2
...
...
3.2*
2.3 to 4.3
Education
Secondary graduation or less‡
...
...
1
…
...
...
1
…
Some postsecondary
...
...
0.7
0.4 to 1.1
...
...
0.9
0.6 to 1.3
Postsecondary graduation
...
...
0.6*
0.4 to 0.9
...
...
1
0.7 to 1.5
Age§
...
...
1.0*
1.0 to 1.0
...
...
1.0*
1.0 to 1.0
† Reference category is absence of characteristic. For example, reference category for "marital dissolution" is "remained married."
‡ Reference category.
§ Used as a continuous variable.
* Significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05).
Notes: The adjusted model for men is based on 11,443 records (439 missing) of respondents aged 20 to 64 at baseline who did not report depression two years earlier. The adjusted model for women is based on 13,202 records (245 missing) of respondents aged 20 to 64 at baseline who did not report depression two years earlier. Missing values for change in adjusted household income and history of depression were included in models to maximize sample size; the odds ratios are not shown. A small proportion of respondents who had no children at baseline and reported living with children at follow-up (7.2%) were included in the “No children, no change” category. Because of rounding, some odds ratios with lower or upper confidence limits of 1.0 were statistically significant.
Source: 1994/1995 to 2004/2005 National Population Health Survey, longitudinal file (square).
 
Date Modified: 2007-05-22

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