Table 6.
Regression results: sociodemographic characteristics, psychosocial and family processes, economic preferences and children's depression, hopelessness, and self-concept (n = 1410)
| Predictor variable | Depression |
Hopelessness |
Self-concept |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (SE) | t value | β (SE) | t value | β (SE) | t value | |
| Constant | 30.0(2.5) | 12.2*** | 11.7(1.4) | 8.1*** | 68.5(4.3) | 15.9*** |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age | –.03(.12) | –.24 | –.002(.06) | –.04 | –.42(.20) | –2.1* |
| Gender (female) | .71(.27) | 2.6** | .12(.16) | .77 | 2.1(.49) | 4.4*** |
| Double orphan | –.23(.35) | –.65 | .22(.19) | 1.1 | .23(.63) | .37 |
| No. of children in household | .16(.06) | 2.7** | .004(.03) | .12 | –.11(.11) | –.96 |
| Biological parent | –.12(.36) | –.34 | .04(.21) | .21 | –.03(.66) | –.04 |
| Grandparent(s) | –.09(.34) | –.25 | .007(.19) | .04 | .51(.61) | .83 |
| Psychosocial and family processes predictors | ||||||
| Care about future self | –.27(.25) | –1.1 | –.21(.14) | –1.5 | 1.1(.45) | 2.4* |
| Likeness for future self | –.57(.32) | –1.8 | .001(.18) | .007 | .53(.57) | .93 |
| Family cohesion | –.03(.02) | –1.1 | –.02(.01) | –1.4 | .37(.04) | 9.7*** |
| Depression | – | – | .14(.02) | 9.5*** | –.60(.05) | –13.0*** |
| Hopelessness | .43(.05) | 9.5*** | – | – | –.72(.08) | –8.7*** |
| Self-concept | –.18(.01) | 13.0*** | –.07(.01) | –8.7*** | – | – |
| Economic predictors/preferences | ||||||
| Knowledge of caregiver's savings | –.001(.00) | –1.3 | 3.1(.00) | .11 | .002(.001) | 1.9* |
| Confidence level to save for a specific goal | .007(.03). | .22 | –.01(.02) | –.72 | .18(.06) | 3.2** |
| Family assets | –.15(.05) | –3.3*** | .002(.03) | .08 | .01(.08) | .15 |
| Availability of basic needs | –.17(.09) | –1.8 | –.14(.05) | –2.5** | .21(.17) | 1.3 |
| R 2 | .294 | .225 | .352 | |||
| Adjusted R2 | .286 | .216 | .345 | |||
| F | 38.70*** | 26.95*** | 50.58*** | |||
*
p≤.05
**
p≤.01
***
p≤.001