Table 4.
GEE Longitudinal analysis over 5 years for Wellbeing, Mental Health outcomes and Visiting a Mental Health Professional. Farmers v’s Non-farm Workers. Results show Beta values for continuous variables and odds ratios (OR) for dichotomous variables (95% Confidence Intervals)
| Farmers (estimated marginal means) | Non-farm workers (estimated marginal means) | Unadjusted GEE Farmer v Non-farm Worker | TOTAL effecta GEE Farmer v Non-Farm Worker | p Interactionb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASGC regional (inner or outer) N = 2112 | ASGC remote (remote or very remote) N = 824 | |||||
| Wellbeing Index N = 3036 | −0.07 (SE 0.05) | 0.04 (SE 0.02) | β = −0.12 (−0.21, −0.02)* | β = −0.01 (−0.14, 0.13) | β = −0.21 (−0.35, −0.06)** | 0.01 |
| Self-report Mental Health N = 3034 | 3.42 (SE 0.06) | 3.57 (SE 0.03) | β = −0.16 (−0.29, −0.02)* | β = 0.03 (−0.17, 0.23) | β = −0.33 (−0.53, −0.13)** | <0.01 |
| Psychological distress N = 3032 | 14.6 (SE 0.33) | 14.4 (SE 0.14) | β = 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06) | β = 0.03 (−0.02, 0.09) | NS | |
| Current depression N = 2743 | 2.65 (SE 0.22) | 2.91 (SE 0.10) | β = −0.25 (−0.74, 0.24) | β = −0.11 (−0.65, 0.43) | NS | |
| Sought help from a Mental Health professional in last 12 months N = 2760 | 9 % (SE 2 %) | 16% (SE 1 %) | OR 0.52 (0.32, 0.83)** | OR 0.59 (0.35, 0.97)* | NS | |
aTOTAL effect adjusted for confounders: age, gender, completed school, ARIA
bProbability of interaction farmer status x ARIA+
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01