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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: World J AIDS. 2012;2(3):126–134. doi: 10.4236/wja.2012.23018

Table 2. Bivariate analysis of the relationship between work status, depression, and other explanatory variables.

Variable Not
working
Working P-value

Depression variables

PHQ-9 total score 5.03 3.48 0.000
Cognitive sub-scale of PHQ-9 2.02 1.44 0.003
Somatic sub-scale of PHQ-9 3.00 2.01 0.000
Major Depression (MINI diagnosis) 17.7% 12.1% 0.033

Other Explanatory variables

Physical Health Functioning 66.6 82.9 0.000
Internalized HIV stigma 2.35 2.20 0.047
Work Self-Efficacy 5.48 7.17 0.000
General Social Support 3.57 3.36 0.002