Table I.
Covariate association with caste | Covariate association with mental health outcomes | |||||||
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Dalit/Nepali (n=75) | High Caste1 (n=232) | Dalit/Nepali vs. High Caste | Depression (BDI) | Anxiety (BAI) | ||||
No. (%) | No. (%) | OR (95% CI)2 | p-value | β (95% CI) 3 | p-value | β (95% CI) 3 | p-value | |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 17 (22.7) | 104 (44.8) | 0.36 (0.20—0.66) | .001 | 3.15 (1.09—5.20) | .003 | 4.21 (1.99—6.42) | <.001 |
Male | 58 (77.3) | 127 (55.2) | 1 [Ref.] | [Ref.] | [Ref.] | |||
SLEs | ||||||||
0-9 events | 11 (14.7) | 63 (27.2) | 1 [Ref.] | [Ref.] | [Ref.] | |||
10-14 events | 24 (32.0) | 94 (40.5) | 1.46 (0.67—3.20) | .34 | 2.11 (-0.422—4.64) | 0.10 | 2.41 (-0.24—5.07) | .08 |
15-20 events | 19 (25.3) | 53 (22.8) | 2.05 (0.90—4.70) | .09 | 4.67 (1.84—7.50) | .001 | 6.84 (3.88—9.81) | <.001 |
21+ events | 21 (28.8) | 22 (9.5) | 5.47 (2.28—13.13) | <.001 | 8.56 (5.29—1.84) | <.001 | 11.75 (8.31—15.18) | <.001 |
Income | ||||||||
No income | 49 (65.3) | 91 (39.2) | 2.92 (1.70—5.03) | <.001 | 5.47 (3.51—7.42) | <.001 | 5.87 (3.74—7.99) | <.001 |
Any income | 26 (34.7) | 141 (60.8) | 1 [Ref.] | [Ref.] | [Ref.] | |||
Livestock | ||||||||
0-6 animals | 66 (88.0) | 127 (54.7) | 6.06 (2.88—12.74) | <.001 | 3.75 (1.68—5.81) | <.001 | 3.52 (1.26—5.78) | .002 |
7+ animals | 9 (12.0) | 105 (45.3) | 1 [Ref.] | [Ref.] | [Ref.] | |||
Social Support | ||||||||
4 or less types | 21 (28.0) | 31 (13.4) | 2.52 (1.34—4.74) | .004 | 2.67 (-0.03—5.37) | .05 | 4.47 (1.54—7.38) | .003 |
5 or greater types | 54 (72.0) | 201 (86.6) | 1 [Ref.] | [Ref.] | [Ref.] |
High caste includes Brahman and Chhetri castes.
Logistic regression used to assess crude association of caste with covariates. High Caste is reference group.
Simple linear regression coefficients (β) of covariates for mental health outcome scores (treated as continuous variables).