Table 3.
Multiple classification analysis for effect of socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors for psychological wellbeing on the level of depression in the institutionalized orphaned children in Hyderabad
| Variable | Categories | N = 386 |
Predicted mean for depression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Unadjusted mean |
Adjusted mean |
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| Mean | Eta | Mean | Beta | P value | |||
| Age |
12 to 14 years |
299 |
28.3 |
0.070 |
27.0 |
0.101 |
0.031 |
| 15 to 16 years |
87 |
25.9 |
30.5 |
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| Sex |
Boy |
203 |
28.6 |
0.059 |
26.7 |
0.075 |
0.087 |
| Girl |
183 |
26.9 |
28.9 |
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| Child orphaned by AIDS |
Yes |
199 |
34.6 |
0.484 |
34.4 |
0.473 |
<0.001 |
| No |
187 |
20.5 |
20.7 |
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| Type of orphan* |
Maternal orphan |
60 |
28.6 |
0.043 |
29.2 |
0.055 |
0.429 |
| Paternal orphan |
205 |
28.0 |
27.9 |
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| Double orphan |
121 |
26.9 |
26.8 |
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| Duration of stay at the orphanage |
<=2 years |
174 |
27.1 |
0.161 |
27.6 |
0.067 |
0.283 |
| 3 to 4 years |
111 |
31.2 |
29.2 |
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| > 4 years |
101 |
25.1 |
26.6 |
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| Ever bullied or ill-treated by friend/relatives |
Yes |
151 |
33.5 |
0.315 |
29.6 |
0.100 |
0.055 |
| No/Cannot say |
235 |
24.1 |
26.6 |
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| Ever abused at orphanage |
Yes |
80 |
31.2 |
0.121 |
30.8 |
0.107 |
0.016 |
| No |
306 |
26.9 |
27.0 |
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| Ever witnessed fights between parents |
Yes |
167 |
31.6 |
0.229 |
29.6 |
0.118 |
0.022 |
| No |
143 |
24.9 |
25.7 |
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| Don’t recall/Don’t know |
76 |
24.8 |
27.7 |
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| Ever experienced discrimination |
Always/many times |
40 |
37.5 |
0.322 |
34.2 |
0.157 |
0.006 |
| Sometimes |
64 |
34.0 |
28.6 |
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| Never |
282 |
25.0 |
26.7 |
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| Full model | 386 | 0.587 | <0.001 | ||||
*11 cases for which data were missing were excluded from the model.