Table 3.

Associations between military spouse/partner PHQ-9 and PCL-C scores, military spouse/partner socio-demographics and Service personnel military characteristics (IRR).

	Unadj. PHQ-9 score IRR (95% CI)a	Adj. PHQ-9 score IRR (95% CI)	p value
S/P socio-demographic variables
S/P age	1.16 (0.95 − 1.43)	1.12 (0.93–1.35)b	0.215
Employed outside the home	0.76 (0.57–1.01)	0.87 (0.68–1.11)b	0.255
Proximity to military base	1.23 (0.98 − 1.57)	1.24 (0.97–1.60)b	0.091
Urban/rural residence	0.92 (0.67–1.26)	–
No. of children	0.90 (0.69–1.17)	–
Age of youngest child	1.21 (0.94–1.55)	–
Relationship status	0.87 (0.55–1.37)	–
Occupational social class		–
Managerial & Professional/Intermediate	1.0	–
Routine & manual	1.18 (0.86–1.61)	–
Unemployed	1.30 (0.94–1.80)	–
Service personnel military variables		–
Service	1.19 (0.90–1.57)	–
Rank	1.13 (0.88–1.46)	–
Engagement type	0.93 (0.68–1.28)	–
Serving status	1.09 (0.82–1.45)	–
Length of service	1.04 (0.88–1.22)	–
Combat role	0.76 (0.56–1.04)	0.78 (0.58–1.05)	0.104
Experience of deployment	0.81 (0.63–1.06)	–
Family separation	0.92 (0.71–1.18)	–

Missing = 1–115 ‡p < 0.10 *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001.

^aBaseline – S/P characteristics = Age 25–34 years, not employed outside the home, residing in town/village away from base, residing in major/minor urban/city/town, having 1 child, youngest child aged 3–10 years, in married relationship, managerial & professional occupational social class; Service personnel characteristics = Army, officer rank, regular engagement type, still serving, 10–22 years of Service, no combat experience, no experience of deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan, no experience of family separation in last 2 years.

^bAdjusted for S/P age, S/P employment & S/P self-reported proximity to military base.

^cAdjusted for S/P age & Service personnel experience of combat role.