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. 2015 Mar 21;15:28. doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0180-7

Table 3.

Multi logistic regression model between social support and depression

Participants’ characteristics Block 1 Block 2 Block 3
OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P
Perceived social support 0.90 (0.86-0.94) 0.00 0.90 (0.86-0.94) 0.00 0.94 (0.89-0.99) 0.01
Social interaction ---- ---- 0.97 (0.88-1.06) 0.48 0.98 (0.89-1.08) 0.67
Instrumental social support ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.94 (0.87-0.97) 0.002
Controlling factors
Perceived household income 1.63 (1.34-1.98) 0.00 1.62 (1.34-1.97) 0.00 1.64 (1.34-2.00) 0.00
Perceived health status 1.87 (1.56-2.24) 0.00 1.87 (1.56-2.24) 0.00 1.87 (1.56-2.24) 0.00
Age 0.90 (0.71-1.13) 0.36 0.89 (0.70-1.12) 0.32 0.88 (0.70-1.11) 0.28
Education 1.09 (0.87-1.36) 0.46 1.10 (0.88-1.38) 0.40 1.10 (0.88-1.38) 0.42
Marital status
Single* ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Married 0.82 (0.56-1.21) 0.32 0.82 (0.56-1.21) 0.32 0.81 (0.55-1.20) 0.30
Occupation
Agriculture work* ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Non-agriculture work 0.81 (0.44-1.50) 0.51 0.82 (0.45-1.51) 0.52 0.84 (0.46-1.54) 0.57
Homemakers/students 0.77 (0.51-1.16) 0.21 0.77 (0.51-1.16) 0.21 0.76 (0.50-1.16) 0.20
Unemployed 1.32 (0.84-2.07) 0.24 1.31 (0.83-2.06) 0.24 1.34 (0.85-2.11) 0.21
Constant 0.023 0.00 0.028 0.00 0.032 0.00
Omnibus tests of model coefficients
Model Chi-square 169.2 0.00 169.7 0.00 178.6 0.00
Hosmer-Lemeshow Test (χ 2) 11.6 0.17 11.9 0.16 13.8 0.09

Note. The analysis included 1826 cases. *Reference group.