Table 4.

Prevalence ratios of use of anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics (ASH) according to education, income, and occupation for sites in Canada, Latin America, and Albania

Socioeconomic variables		Latin America (Natal + Manizales)			Canada (Kingston + Saint-Hyacinthe)			Albania (Tirana)
		PR	95 % CI	P-value	PR	95 % CI	P-value	PR	95 % CI	P-value
Education	< Secondary	3.07	0.45–21.20	0.253	0.82	0.26–2.66	0.747	0.84	0.25–2.78	0.774
	Secondary or higher	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1	0.27	0.06–1.21	0.087	0.58	0.36–0.93	0.024
	Site 2	Ref.			Ref.
Income	Low/medium	0.40	0.13–1.22	0.109	1.14	0.67–1.94	0.634	0.43	0.20–0.94	0.034
	High	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1	0.33	0.07–1.54	0.159	0.62	0.38–1.01	0.055
	Site 2	Ref.			Ref.
Occupation	Manual	1.44	0.18–11.22	0.729	1.25	0.75–2.07	0.397	0.87	0.41–1.84	0.709
	Non-manual	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1	0.27	0.06–1.15	0.077	0.63	0.38–1.04	0.073
	Site 2	Ref.			Ref.

Controlled for site, age and sex, depression, and number of chronic illnesses, as well as comparison between grouped sites, if applicable

In Latin America, site 1 = Manizales and site 2 = Natal; In Canada, site 1 = Kingston and site 2 = Saint-Hyacinthe