Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression model assessing working status among Ghanaian female and male adults^¥

	Females	Males
	(N = 2,897)	(N = 2,494)
	Unemployed§	Unemployed§
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age	0.97 (0.95,0.98)*	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)
Marital Status
Married	0.46 (0.25, 0.84)*	0.20 (0.11, 0.35)*
Separated/Divorced	0.61 (0.26, 1.45)	0.30 (0.10, 0.89)*
Widowed	0.44 (0.13, 1.47)	--
Never Married	Reference	Reference
Education
None	2.29 (1.13, 4.66)*	2.08 (1.07, 4.03)*
Primary or Less	1.60 (0.75, 3.44)	1.20 (0.57, 2.52)
Middle	1.86 (0.93, 3.74)	0.94 (0.49, 1.82)
Secondary and Above	Reference	Reference
Region
Western	1.60 (0.546, 4.78)	1.49 (0.45, 4.91)
Central	0.45 (0.13, 1.52)	0.23 (0.07, 0.82)*
Greater Accra	Reference	Reference
Volta	3.52 (1.02, 12.15)*	0.28 (0.06, 1.27)
Eastern	2.71 (0.87, 8.45)	0.34 (0.07, 1.70)
Ashanti	2.48 (0.79, 7.74)	0.74 (0.14, 3.79)
Brong Ahafo	1.42 (0.37, 5.42)	0.77 (0.13, 4.74)
Northern	2.75 (0.91, 8.32)	0.46 (0.15, 1.46)
Upper East	13.78 (4.398, 43.27)*	2.53 (0.68, 9.41)
Upper West	3.27 (0.88, 12.17)	0.88 (0.19, 3.97)
General Health
Very Healthy	Reference	Reference
Somewhat Healthy	1.09 (0.698, 1.71)	1.10 (0.55, 2.20)
Unhealthy	1.83 (1.00, 3.35)*	1.23 (0.55, 2.75)
Religion
Christian	Reference	Reference
Muslim	0.69 (0.41, 1.16)	0.80 (0.44, 1.46)
No Religion	1.44 (0.75, 2.79)	0.90 (0.43, 1.87)
Traditional	0.84 (0.52, 1.36)	1.17 (0.65, 2.11)
Wealth Quintiles
Lowest 20%	7.49 (3.66, 15.35)*	11.96 (5.16, 27.72)*
21–40%	9.39 (4.58, 19.24)*	6.78 (2.77, 16.47)*
41–60%	2.41 (1.07, 5.40)*	3.54 (1.00, 12.53)*
61–80%	0.67 (0.28, 1.62)	1.50 (0.54, 4.18)
Highest 20%	Reference	Reference
Psychological Distress
mild/No Distress	Reference	Reference
Moderate	2.14 (1.46, 3.14)*	2.02 (1.17, 3.49)*
Severe	3.84 (2.47, 5.97)*	12.41 (7.23, 21.28)*

^§ Reference level of logistic model: Employed individual.

¥ p-value for interaction between sex and severe psychological distress: 0.004.

*Indicates that OR is significant at 0.05 level.