Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression results examining differences in psychological distress at the Kessler-6 clinical cut point between the father groups adjusted and unadjusted for socioeconomic position when their children were aged 4–5 years

Outcomes	Refugee*	Migrated from a non-English-speaking country*	Migrated from an English-speaking country*
Unadjusted for SEP
Mental health (K6)
Normal range (<7)	Ref	Ref	Ref
Symptomatic or clinical cut point (8+)	3.93 (2.66 to 5.81), <0.001	1.71 (1.44 to 2.03), <0.001	1.07 (0.91 to 1.27), 0.403
Adjusted for SEP
Mental health (K6)
Normal range (<7)	Ref	Ref	Ref
Symptomatic or clinical cut point (8+)	3.17 (2.13 to 4.74), <0.001	1.79 (1.51 to 2.13), <0.001	1.13 (0.95 to 1.33), 0.169

Bold text indicates significance at P<0.05.

*‘Fathers born in Australia’ is the reference category.

K6, Kessler-6; SEP, socioeconomic position.