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. 2004 Apr;94(4):591–598. doi: 10.2105/ajph.94.4.591

TABLE 3—

Multivariable Analysis of Characteristics and Problems

Social Problems Physical Problems Psychological Problems Total PCL-C Score
β (SE) P Value β (SE) P Value β (SE) P Value β (SE) P Value
Gender: female 1.54 (0.13) <.0001 (1.0 (0.13) <.0001 0.16 (0.10) .0899 (3.35 (0.88) .0001
Ethnicity: Oromo (0.71 (0.14) <.0001 (0.78 (0.14) <.0001 0.02 (0.10) .8650 2.29 (0.94) .0149
Age (0.01 (0.03) .7023 (0.02 (0.03) .5347 (0.02 (0.02) .3209 0.04 (0.19) .8336
Married or living with partner (0.39 (0.13) .0036 (0.40 (0.14) .0035 (0.18 (0.10) .0764 (1.66 (0.91) .0685
High school graduate (1.94 (0.13) <.0001 (0.33 (0.14) .0159 0.01 (0.10) .8877 (0.85 (0.93) .3615
Speaks English (2.01 (0.14) <.0001 (0.22 (0.15) .1289 (0.04 (0.11) .6848 −0.57 (0.98) .5606
Has job (1.27 (0.13) <.0001 (0.44 (0.14) .001 (0.18 (0.10) .0709 (0.55 (0.90) .5436
Owns home (0.84 (0.26) .0013 (0.07 (0.27) .8027 (0.29 (0.19) .1381 0.95 (1.85) .6048
Age at which left home country 0.04 (0.03) .0979 0.02 (0.03) .4239 0.05 (0.02) .0189 (0.01 (0.19) .9752
Years between leaving home and arriving in United States 0.06 (0.03) .0472 0.02 (0.03) .5977 0.02 (0.02) .3423 (0.35 (0.22) .1046
Years in United States 0.01 (0.03) .6347 0.03 (0.03) .2778 0.06 (0.23) .0163 (0.20 (0.23) .3795
Religious practices increased (0.21 (0.18) .2570 0.18 (0.19) .3144 0.08 (0.14) .5740 3.19 (1.28) .0131
Religious practices decreased 0.53 (0.24) .0293 0.25 (0.25) .3398 0.76 (0.18) <.0001 4.67 (1.67) .0051
Trauma count 0.08 (0.01) <.0001 0.15 (0.01) <.0001 0.09 (0.01) <.0001 0.52 (0.05) <.0001
Exposure to torture (0.59 (0.14) <.0001 0.60 (0.15) <.0001 0.61 (0.11) <.0001 7.18 (0.98) <.0001
Adjusted R2 0.7170 0.5091 0.4962 0.4122

Note. PCL-C = Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome Checklist.