Table 3.

Orphan vs. Non-orphan Carer Differences in Health Adjusting for Socio-demographic Co-factors

	General Health and Functioning (β)		Physical Health Subscore (β)		Mental Health Subscore (β)		Depression (OR, 95% CI)
	Unadjusted Model	Adjusted Model	Unadjusted Model	Adjusted Model	Unadjusted Model	Adjusted Model	Unadjusted Model	Adjusted Model
Carer type (Orphan vs. Non-orphan carer)	−0.13**	−0.04	−0.14**	−0.04	−0.11**	−0.03	1.39** (1.12–1.75)	1.32* (1.02–1.71)
Age		−0.27**		−0.26**		−0.26**		1.39 (0.97–1.99)
Gender		−0.09**		−0.09**		−0.08**		1.98** (1.51–2.60)
Education		0.14**		0.14**		0.12**		0.82 (0.63–1.07)
Economic Asset Index		0.07*		0.12**		−0.002		0.97 (0.67–1.42)
Main source of income (salaries vs. other)		0.16**		0.15**		0.15**		0.55** (0.42–0.71)

^*Denotes significance at p<0.05 level.

^**Denotes significance at p<0.01 level

⁺Adjusted model controls for all variables shown as well as social support, household hunger, potable water, type of housing, social welfare grants, ethnicity, and language.

⁺⁺95% Confidence Interval