Table 4.
Subgroup analysis of mental health literacy and emotional symptoms in Chinese college students
| Variable | Total sample (%) | Depressive symptoms | Anxiety symptoms | Stress symptoms | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RR
(95% CI) |
P value | P for interaction |
RR
(95% CI) |
P value | P for interaction |
RR
(95% CI) |
P value | P for interaction | ||
| Overall | 3210 (100) | 1.33 (1.07–1.65) | 0.009 | 1.37 (1.12–1.66) | 0.002 | 1.06 (0.73–1.53) | 0.770 | |||
| Gender | 0.733 | 0.897 | 0.456 | |||||||
| Male | 1377 (42.9) | 1.36 (0.97–1.89) | 0.074 | 1.37 (1.01–1.87) | 0.046 | 0.88 (0.51–1.50) | 0.632 | |||
| Female | 1833 (57.1) | 1.26 (0.95–1.67) | 0.116 | 1.33 (1.04–1.72) | 0.025 | 1.17 (0.69–1.96) | 0.563 | |||
| Registered residence | 0.657 | 0.980 | 0.636 | |||||||
| Rural | 2268 (70.7) | 1.39 (1.06–1.81) | 0.016 | 1.38 (1.08–1.75) | 0.009 | 1.14 (0.71–1.83) | 0.58 | |||
| Urban | 942 (29.3) | 1.25 (0.87–1.81) | 0.233 | 1.37 (0.98–1.92) | 0.069 | 0.95 (0.52–1.74) | 0.866 | |||
| Any siblings | 0.247 | 0.282 | 0.549 | |||||||
| Yes | 625 (19.5) | 1.74 (1.05–2.86) | 0.031 | 1.70 (1.09–2.67) | 0.02 | 1.33 (0.58–3.05) | 0.506 | |||
| No | 2585 (80.5) | 1.25 (0.99–1.59) | 0.066 | 1.30 (1.04–1.61) | 0.019 | 1.00 (0.66–1.51) | 0.99 | |||
| Father’s educational level | 0.622 | 0.669 | 0.171 | |||||||
| < High school degree | 2609 (81.3) | 1.29 (1.02–1.64) | 0.034 | 1.39 (1.12–1.73) | 0.003 | 1.24 (0.80–1.93) | 0.331 | |||
| ≥High school degree | 601 (18.7) | 1.49 (0.90–2.45) | 0.119 | 1.25 (0.81–1.93) | 0.308 | 0.69 (0.33–1.42) | 0.312 | |||
| Mother’s educational level | 0.882 | 0.833 | 0.504 | |||||||
| < High school degree | 2806 (87.4) | 1.34 (1.06–1.69) | 0.013 | 1.36 (1.10–1.67) | 0.004 | 1.12 (0.74–1.68) | 0.586 | |||
| ≥High school degree | 404 (12.6) | 1.28 (0.73–2.27) | 0.392 | 1.44 (0.85–2.44) | 0.173 | 0.79 (0.32–1.99) | 0.624 | |||
| Self-reported family economy | 0.057 | 0.017 | 0.776 | |||||||
| Bad | 1068 (33.3) | 0.95 (0.67–1.33) | 0.747 | 0.97 (0.71–1.32) | 0.826 | 0.89 (0.50–1.59) | 0.699 | |||
| Medium | 2061 (64.2) | 1.63 (1.22–2.17) | 0.001 | 1.69 (1.31–2.18) | < 0.001 | 1.18 (0.71–1.96) | 0.526 | |||
| Good | 81 (2.5) | 1.35 (0.31–5.83) | 0.689 | 0.75 (0.21–2.71) | 0.665 | 0.98 (0.15–6.21) | 0.981 | |||
| Smoking | 0.957 | 0.515 | 0.944 | |||||||
| No | 2884 (89.8) | 1.33 (1.05–1.67) | 0.016 | 1.33 (1.08–1.63) | 0.007 | 1.05 (0.70–1.56) | 0.82 | |||
| Yes | 326 (10.2) | 1.35 (0.71–2.56) | 0.357 | 1.63 (0.91–2.95) | 0.102 | 1.09 (0.38–3.15) | 0.873 | |||
| Drinking | 0.847 | 0.996 | 0.571 | |||||||
| No | 2714 (84.5) | 1.32 (1.04–1.67) | 0.023 | 1.36 (1.10–1.69) | 0.005 | 1.11 (0.72–1.71) | 0.624 | |||
| Yes | 496 (15.5) | 1.39 (0.83–2.33) | 0.21 | 1.36 (0.85–2.17) | 0.198 | 0.87 (0.41–1.84) | 0.709 | |||
Note. RR is relative risk; CI is confidence interval