Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of male former child soldiers’ PTSD (CPSS) and conscription status

Variable	B	Sig. of variable	R2	ΔR2	Sig. of model
Step 1			0.03		0.045*
Voluntary	−3.50	0.045*
Step 2			0.05	0.02	0.14
Voluntary	−3.42	0.054
Age	−0.89	0.13
Literacy	1.23	0.78
High caste	0.71	0.68
Low caste	2.59	0.21
Step 3			0.20	0.07	0.000*
Voluntary	−2.09	0.21
Age	−0.90	0.10
Literacy	2.36	0.56
High caste	0.08	0.96
Low caste	0.35	0.86
Trauma (Pre)	1.76	0.001*
Trauma (During)	2.36	0.000*
Trauma (After)	1.57	0.08

^*p <0.05