Table 4.

Factors associated with depression among cIDPs of Tigray due to the war crisis in Tigray, 2021 (n = 1,965) (n = 1,965)

Variable name	Category	COR (CI-95%)	AOR (CI-95%)
Age of family head (Year)	< 20	1	1
	21–35	2.4(1.62–3.57) ***	1.2(0.72–1.85)
	36–50	3.07(1.99–4.23) ***	2.7(1.81–4.28)
	> 50	3.42 (1.91–6.11) ***	2.36(1.23–4.17)
Marital status	Single	1	1
	Married	1.75(1.35–2.67) ***	1.43(1.07–1.91) *
	Divorced/Widowed	1.98 (1.25–3.14) **	1.77(1.08–2.91) *
Educational Status	No Formal Education	1	1
	Primary	0.87(0.54–1.38)	1.8(0.54–1.76)
	Secondary	0.69 (0.44–1.08)	0.93(0.65–1.54)
	College and +	1.06 (0.63–1.76)	2.1(1.23–3.68)
Occupation	Farmer	1	1
	Gov’t Employee	1.01(0.67–1.54)	2.02(1.27–3.2) **
	NG-Employee	0.83(0.46–1.5)	1.7(0.9–3.23)
	Merchant	0.86(0.59–1.24)	1.35(0.9–2.04)
	Daily laborer	0.92(0.59–1.45)	2.01(1.21–3.32) **
	Other	0.55(0.37–0.81)**	1.18(0.76–1.83)
Displaced family size	1–3	1	1
	4–6	1.77(1.38–2.28) ***	1.39(1.05–1.83) *
	> 6	2.7(1.62–4.51) ***	1.85(1.07–3.2) *
Condition of Fixed Asset	Normal	1	1
	Destroyed	2.74(1.68–4.45) ***	1.75(1.03–2.98) *
	Looted	2.15(1.5–3.1) ***	1.37(0.9–2.09)
Shortage/Lack of necessities	No	1	1
	Yes	2.46(1.57–2.86) ***	1.86(1.25–3.32)
Property loss during the war	No	1	1
	Yes	2.15(1.67–2.77) ***
Looted domestic animals	No	1	1
	Yes	2.04(1.32–3.16) **	1.57(0.97–2.56)
Looted Machineries/ House commodities	No	1	1
	Yes	1.43(0.86–2.37)	1.5(0.86–2.63)
Looted Cereals	No	1	1
	Yes	3.01(2.38–3.82) ***	2.12(1.59–2.84) ***
Lost contact with a family member	No	1	1
	Yes	1.56(1.09–2.23) *	1.09(0.83–2.42)
A family member died due to war	No	1	1
	Yes	1.73(1.12–2.67) *	1.38(0.87–2.2)
Family members faced disability	No	1	1
	Yes	2.76(1.54–4.92) **	2.58(1.4–4.74) **
A family member experienced an acute health problem	No	1	1
	Yes	1.84(1.35–2.52) ***	1.38(0.99–1.92)

COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval and 1: reference group

^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001