Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression of the association between social networks and depression

		Depression
Variable	Category	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Contact with relatives	Often	1.00
	Sometimes/never	0.61 (0.36-1.03)	0.07
Contact with friends	Often	1.00
	Sometimes/never	2.41 (1.47-3.94)	<0.001
Contact with strangers	Often	1.00
	Sometimes/never	1.33 (0.86-2.05)	0.2
Sex	Male	1.00
	Female	0.87 (0.57-1.33)	0.5
Age	>30	1.00
	30-40	0.70 (0.39-1.27)	0.2
	> = 50	0.77 (0.33-1.84)	0.6
Marital status	Married	1.00
	Single	0.47 (0.28-0.78)	0.01
	Divorced	0.45 (0.23-0.86)	0.02
Wealth	Rich	1.00
	Middle	0.97 (0.58-1.62)	0.9
	Poor	2.82 (1.52-5.22)	<0.001
Municipality	North	1.00
	South	0.63 (0.41-0.96)	0.03

Note: Depression was defined as score ≥8 on the HADS scale. Total number of respondents 993.