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. 2019 Jul 31;18:121. doi: 10.1186/s12939-019-1020-4

Table 2.

Household’s income and consumption-based Welfare Measures by Mental Health Conditions and Severity

Household’s economic variables Severe mental disorder (SMD) study Depression study Comparison households for depression
(N = 129)
Households of persons with SMD
(N = 290)
Comparison households without persons with SMD
(N = 289)
Households of persons with depression
(N = 128)
SMD with higher disability
(N = 148)
SMD with lower disability
(N = 142)
Depression with higher- disability
(N = 65)
Depression with lower disability
(N = 63)
Reliability of income, %(95% CI)
Regular income 54.4**(46.2, 62.4) 57.7(49.4, 65.6) 66.2(60.5,71.4) 44.6*(32.9,56.9) 71.4(58.9,81.3) 63.2(54.5,71.2)
Seasonal income 38.6 (31.0, 46.8) 38.7(31.0, 47.0) 32.8(27.5,38.4) 52.3(40.1,64.2) 28.6(18.6,41.0) 34.3(26.6,43.0)
No income 6.8*(3.7, 12.3) 3.5(1.4, 8.2) 1.0 (0.3,3.2) 3.0(0.7,11.6) 0.0(0.0) 2.3(0.7,7.0)
Sources of income,%(95% CI)
Wages 27.8(21.2, 35.7) 19.1.(13.4,26.5) 21.8(17.4, 27.0) 27.6(18.0,39.8) 12.7*(6.4,23.5) 27.9(20.7,36.3)
Trading 73.4**(65.7,80.0) 79.5*(72.1, 85.4) 87.5(83.1,90.8) 78.4(66.6,86.8) 90.4(80.2,95.7) 85.2(80.2,95.7)
Rental properties 12.8* (8.3, 19.2) 13.3*(8.6, 20.0) 6.2(3.9,9.6) 9.2(4.1,19.2) 3.1(0.7,12.0) 6.2(3.1,11.9)
Annual income HC, median (IQR) ‡ 2584.4** (1316.0, 4651.5) 2888.8 (1666.6, 5313.2) 3654.7 (2000.0,5776.5) 3130.4* (2476.1,4761.9) 4193.5 (2400.0,6086.9) 4216.2 (2333.3,8333.3)
Annual consumption HC, median (IQR) ‡ 8235.2 (4957.6, 12507.7) 8352.2 (5220.7, 12492.4) 8527.4 (5855.3, 13160.0) 7650.0** (5251.0,10737.5) 10054.1(6628.9, 16460.6) 10254.2 (7026.6, 16104.0)

‡ = Birr; US$1 = Birr 20.69 (2015);* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001; IQR (inter-quartile range); HC (headcount)