Table 3.

Association of family support with depression in Elderly of Karachi on Univariate and multivariable analysis

	Depressed	Not Depressed	Unadjusted ORs	95% Confidence intervals	P-Value
	n = 387 N (weighted)	n = 566 N (weighted)
Marital status
Living With Spouse	142	336	1.0
Living Without Spouse	245	230	2.5	2.0-3.1	<0.01*
Consider children as future security
Yes	296	466	1.0
No	82	80	1.6	1.1-2.4
Don’t Know	09	20	0.7	0.3-1.5	0.01*
Family structure
Extended With Children	346	509	1.0
Extended With Other Relatives	16	14	1.6	0.8-3.5
Nuclear	15	27	0.8	0.4-1.5	0.49
Alone	10	16	0.9	0.5-1.8
Number of adult male children alive (weighted means+SD)	2.5 (1.7)	2.6 (1.8)	0.9	0.8-1.0	0.17*
			Adjusted ORs	95% Confidence intervals	P-Value
Marital status
Living With Spouse			1.0
Living Without Spouse			1.6	1.3-2.1	<0.00**
Consider children as future security
Yes			1.0
No			2.1	1.4-3.1	<0.00**
Don’t Know			0.9	0.4-2.5
Number of adult male children alive			0.9	0.8-0.9	0.01**
(as continuous)

*P value <0.25

**P value <0.05

Adjusted for Level of Education, Self Perception of Health Status, Functional Status and Physical Activity Level.