Table 4.
Relative index of inequality (RII) (based on housing score)*, in a multivariate model for lifetime prevalence of any mental disorder
| Housing score (RII) | Any mental health disorder (lifetime prevalence) | |||
| Urban | Rural | |||
| RII/OR* | 95% CI | RII/OR* | 95% CI | |
| 0.96 | 0.51 to 1.81 | 0.11 | 0.04 to 0.32 | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (continuous) | 0.98 | 0.97 to 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.98 to 1.01 |
| Female sex (reference category: male) | 1.19 | 0.90 to 1.57 | 1.52 | 0.94 to 2.46 |
| Region (reference category: Central) | ||||
| Atlantic | 0.48 | 0.32 to 0.71 | 1.13 | 0.41 to 3.15 |
| Bogota | 1.51 | 1.01 to 2.25 | 2.48 | 0.75 to 8.16 |
| Oriental | 0.98 | 0.65 to 1.48 | 1.10 | 0.61 to 1.98 |
| Pacific | 1.36 | 0.92 to 2.00 | 1.03 | 0.58 to 1.83 |
| Marital status (reference category=living with partner, married) | ||||
| Separated, widow, divorced | 1.77 | 1.23 to 2.56 | 1.55 | 0.74 to 3.23 |
| Single | 1.04 | 0.76 to 1.44 | 1.03 | 0.57 to 1.85 |
| Other indicators of socioeconomic level | ||||
| Educational level (reference category=no or primary education) | ||||
| Secondary | 1.31 | 0.91 to 1.87 | 0.64 | 0.35 to 1.17 |
| Technical | 1.02 | 0.56 to 1.84 | 0.17 | 0.03 to 1.10 |
| University | 1.94 | 1.09 to 3.45 | NA† | – to – |
| Affiliation with the social security system‡ (reference category=contributive) | ||||
| Special | 0.75 | 0.37 to 1.54 | 0.38 | 0.05 to 2.91 |
| Subsidised | 1.33 | 0.95 to 1.86 | 1.01 | 0.58 to 1.77 |
| Not affiliated | 1.83 | 1.21 to 2.76 | 0.63 | 0.21 to 1.84 |
| Other relevant variables for mental health | ||||
| Family dysfunction (reference category: no family dysfunction) | ||||
| Light | 1.56 | 0.99 to 2.46 | 1.39 | 0.72 to 2.70 |
| Moderate | 1.73 | 1.13 to 2.64 | 3.29 | 1.72 to 6.32 |
| Severe | 3.02 | 1.87 to 4.88 | 2.35 | 0.79 to 6.99 |
| How often can you talk to someone about your problems or difficulties or ask for advice? (reference category=always) | ||||
| Almost always | 1.44 | 0.91 to 2.27 | 0.54 | 0.25 to 1.15 |
| Sometimes | 1.41 | 0.97 to 2.04 | 0.68 | 0.37 to 1.22 |
| Never | 1.72 | 1.10 to 2.67 | 0.69 | 0.34 to 1.42 |
| Experience with armed conflict (reference category: no) | 1.97 | 1.19 to 3.26 | 1.65 | 0.82 to 3.33 |
*Housing score results are RII, for other variables results are ORs, both with their respective 95% CIs.
†In rural areas, there were no participants with a university degree reporting mental disorders.
‡The contributive regime includes those in formal employment or independent jobs with economic capacity to pay a monthly fee; special regime includes armed forces, workers in the petroleum industry and teachers in the public sector; in the subsidised regime are those classified as ‘poor’ and their insurance fee is paid by the government and not affiliated are those without health insurance.
NA, not applicable.