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. 2012 Sep 21;4:491–503. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S29427

Table 3.

Factors associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatization expressed as betas (β) and P-values among all women

Depression Anxiety Somatization



Variables β P-values β P-values β P-values
Age −0.027 P = 0.249 −0.008 P = 0.727 0.082 P = 0.004
Marital status
 Single 1 1 1
 Married/cohabitant −0.053 P = 0.016 −0.004 P = 0.847 0.023 P = 0.407
 Divorced/separated −0.037 P = 0.081 −0.036 P = 0.092 −0.005 P = 0.843
 Widow 0.017 P = 0.404 0.002 P = 0.903 −0.020 P = 0.429
Children at home 0.041 P = 0.095 −0.019 P = 0.432 −0.003 P = 0.913
Housing
 Conventional 1 1 1 1
 Nonconventional 0.008 P = 0.661 0.024 P = 0.195 −0.020 P = 0.390
Education level
 No 0.047 P = 0.042 −0.043 P = 0.070 0.037 P = 0.200
 Low 0.019 P = 0.571 −0.042 P = 0.212 0.058 P = 0.151
 Inter −0.010 0.741 −0.022 P = 0.483 0.070 P = 0.063
 High 1 1 1
Occupational status
 Blue-collar worker 1 1 1
 Low white-collar worker 0.003 P = 0.895 −0.033 P = 0.105 0.037 P = 0.133
 Middle/high white-collar worker 0.001 P = 0.976 0.024 P = 0.308 0.001 P = 0.965
 Student/other 0.033 P = 0.819 −0.078 P = 0.597 −0.028 P = 0.857
Socioeconomic status
 Worker for others 1 1 1
 Liberal/own business −0.019 P = 0.394 0.015 P = 0.527 0.050 P = 0.075
 Student −0.018 P = 0.904 0.063 P = 0.672 0.088 P = 0.627
 Domestic/other 0.002 P = 0.944 0.001 P = 0.971 0.024 P = 0.521
Salary/financial resources 0.004 P = 0.896 −0.022 P = 0.434 0.013 P = 0.707
Financial strain 0.010 P = 0.609 −0.002 P = 0.931 −0.004 P = 0.862
 BMI 0.027 P = 0.169 −0.031 P = 0.111 0.028 P = 0.248
Drinking 0.026 P = 0.170 −0.011 P = 0.576 0.005 P = 0.824
Smoking −0.029 P = 0.141 0.051 P = 0.012 −0.031 P = 0.212
Sleep difficulties 0.067 P = 0.001 −0.006 P = 0.759 0.107 P < 0.0001
Depression 0.619 P < 0.0001 0.253 P < 0.0001
Anxiety 0.600 P < 0.0001 0.409 P < 0.0001
Somatization 0.165 P < 0.0001 0.276 P < 0.0001
Control by partner 0.174 P < 0.0001 −0.102 P < 0.0001 0.082 P = 0.005
Control over partner −0.020 P = 0.414 0.086 P < 0.0001 −0.027 P = 0.371
Social attachment −0.055 P = 0.011 −0.047 P = 0.030 0.056 P = 0.034
Social integration −0.003 P = 0.887 0.001 P = 0.972 0.058 P = 0.021
Victimization −0.032 P = 0.336 0.052 P = 0.126 −0.033 P = 0.430
Perpetration 0.028 P = 0.407 −0.065 P = 0.062 0.053 P = 0.210
Abuse as a child 0.010 P = 0.605 −0.025 P = 0.196 0.097 P < 0.0001