Table 5.
Crude prevalence ratios of demographic characteristics and anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression in trafficked males, n = 446
| Anxiety | PTSDa | Depression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRb | 95% CIc | PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | |
| Age | ||||||
| 10–17 (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| 18–25 | 1.14 | 0.64–2.06 | 1.79 | 0.76–4.20 | 1.41 | 0.95–2.09 |
| 26 or above | 1.06 | 0.64–1.76 | 1.64 | 0.91–2.96 | 1.43 | 1.08–1.90** |
| Country of exploitation | ||||||
| Thailand (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| China | 1.33 | 0.68–2.59 | 3.63 | 2.58–5.12*** | 1.60 | 0.91–2.82 |
| Otherd | 0.92 | 0.70–1.22 | 2.89 | 2.04–4.11*** | 0.95 | 0.84–1.08 |
| Sector of exploitation | ||||||
| Forced marriage, entertainment, dancing, domestic work, cleaner, restaurant work, begging, and other (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Animal, farming, agriculture, and fishing | 1.03 | 0.58–1.81 | 1.23 | 0.64–2.34 | 1.37 | 0.81–2.32 |
| Construction and factory work | 1.40 | 0.76–2.57 | 1.27 | 0.85–1.89 | 1.34 | 0.94–1.91 |
| Time in trafficking situation (months) | ||||||
| 1–12 (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| 13 or more | 2.31 | 1.28–4.16** | 1.22 | 0.48–3.11 | 1.02 | 0.60–1.74 |
*p ≤ 0.05
**p ≤ 0.01
***p ≤ 0.001
aPTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder
bPR Prevalence ratio
c95% Confidence interval
dOther country of exploitation included Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mauritius, South Africa, and Russia