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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2009 May;99(5 Pt 2):375–382.

Table III.

Odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) for lifetime DSM-IV disorders (N=3 957)

Variables Any DSM-IV disorder Anxiety disorder Mood disorder Substance disorder Impulse disorder
Constant 0.20 (0.1 – 0.5)*** 0.03 (0.0 – 0.1)*** 0.06 (0.0 – 0.2)*** 0.10 (0.0 – 0.3)*** 0.02 (0.0 – 0.2)***
Female 0.92 (0.8 – 1.1) 1.76 (1.4 – 2.2)*** 1.92 (1.4 – 2.6)*** 0.24 (0.2 – 0.3)*** 0.81 (0.6 – 1.2)
Age 1.00 (1.0 – 1.0) 1.01 (1.0 – 1.0) 1.00 (1.0 – 1.0) 1.00 (1.0 – 1.0) 0.98 (1.0 – 1.0)
White
Black 1.10 (0.6 – 1.9) 1.86 (0.9 – 3.8) 1.05 (0.4 – 3.0) 0.83 (0.5 – 1.4) 0.52 (0.2 – 1.2)
Coloured 1.43 (0.8 – 2.5) 1.59 (0.8 – 3.4) 1.06 (0.4 – 2.9) 1.47 (0.8 – 2.7) 0.56 (0.2 – 1.7)
Indian 0.93 (0.5 – 1.8) 1.00 (0.4 – 2.6) 1.50 (0.4 – 5.1) 0.31 (0.1 – 1.0)* 0.44 (0.1 – 1.3)
Log of income 1.03 (1.0 – 1.1) 1.05 (1.0 – 1.1) 1.00 (0.9 – 1.1) 1.00 (0.9 – 1.1) 1.20 (1.0 – 1.4)*
Married 0.76 (0.6 – 0.9)** 0.80 (0.6 – 1.0)* 0.81 (0.6 – 1.0) 0.69 (0.5 – 0.9)** 0.71 (0.4 – 1.2)
Years of education 0.99 (1.0 – 1.0) 0.99 (1.0 – 1.0) 0.94 (0.9 – 1.0)** 1.02 (1.0 – 1.1) 0.90 (0.8 – 1.0)*
Employed 1.10 (0.9 – 1.3) 0.77 (0.6 – 1.0)* 1.07 (0.7 – 1.5) 1.22 (0.9 – 1.6) 1.16 (0.8 – 1.8)
Urban 1.09 (0.9 – 1.4) 1.36 (1.1 – 1.7)** 1.11 (0.8 – 1.5) 1.00 (0.7 – 1.4) 2.21 (1.2 – 4.1)**
Other assets 1.01 (1.0 – 1.0) 1.01 (1.0 – 1.0) 1.04 (1.0 – 1.1) 1.01 (1.0 – 1.0) 1.08 (1.0 – 1.1)**
Wealth
Debt 0.88 (0.7 – 1.1) 0.85 (0.6 – 1.2) 1.12 (0.8 – 1.5) 0.79 (0.5 – 1.1) 1.74 (1.0 – 3.2)
Wealth UK/Rf/miss 0.62 (0.5 – 0.8)*** 0.67 (0.5 – 0.9)** 0.74 (0.5 – 1.0) 0.63 (0.4 – 0.9)** 0.74 (0.4 – 1.3)
Global life events 1.17 (1.1 – 1.2)*** 1.11 (1.0 – 1.2)*** 1.16 (1.1 – 1.2)*** 1.17 (1.1 – 1.2)*** 1.03 (0.9 – 1.2)
Relationship events 1.39 (1.2 – 1.6)*** 1.51 (1.3 – 1.8)*** 1.12 (0.9 – 1.4) 1.31 (1.1 – 1.6)** 1.56 (1.1 – 2.1)**
Perpetrator scale 1.22 (1.1 – 1.4)*** 1.02 (0.8 – 1.3) 1.21 (1.0 – 1.5) 1.33 (1.0 – 1.8)* 1.14 (0.7 – 1.8)
Victim scale 1.21 (1.0 – 1.4)** 1.22 (1.0 – 1.5) 1.12 (0.9 – 1.4) 1.13 (0.9 – 1.4) 1.30 (0.8 – 2.1)
Social strain 0.97 (0.9 – 1.0) 0.99 (0.9 – 1.1) 1.01 (0.9 – 1.1) 1.03 (0.9 – 1.2) 0.96 (0.8 – 1.2)
Death of parent 1.65 (1.2 – 2.2)*** 1.16 (0.8 – 1.6) 1.63 (1.2 – 2.3)** 1.58 (1.0 – 2.4)* 1.09 (0.3 – 3.7)
Divorce of parents 1.18 (0.9 – 1.6) 1.35 (0.9 – 2.1) 0.69 (0.4 – 1.3) 1.03 (0.6 – 1.7) 0.84 (0.4 – 2.0)
Away from parent 1.31 (1.0 – 1.8) 1.21 (0.8 – 1.8) 1.73 (1.2 – 2.4)** 1.22 (0.8 – 1.8) 1.42 (0.6 – 3.6)
MHH employed
MHH unemployed 1.18 (0.9 – 1.5) 1.02 (0.7 – 1.4) 0.99 (0.7 – 1.4) 1.12 (0.7 – 1.7) 2.68 (1.4 – 5.1)**
MHH employed UK/Rf 0.76 (0.6 – 1.0)* 0.85 (0.6 – 1.2) 0.59 (0.4 – 0.8)*** 0.82 (0.6 – 1.1) 1.08 (0.4 – 3.0)
FHH employed
FHH unemployed 0.93 (0.7 – 1.2) 0.91 (0.7 – 1.2) 0.79 (0.5 – 1.2) 1.07 (0.7 – 1.6) 1.15 (0.5 – 2.4)
FHH employed UK/Rf 1.13 (0.8 – 1.5) 1.12 (0.8 – 1.6) 1.17 (0.8 – 1.8) 1.37 (0.9 – 2.1) 0.62 (0.2 – 1.7)
*

p≤0.05.

**

p≤0.01.

***

p≤0.001.

MHH = male head of household; FHH = female head of household; UK = unknown; Rf = refused to answer.