Table 3.
Associations between independent and dependent life events and socio-demographic characteristics
| Independent LEs | Dependent LEs | Independent LEs | Dependent LEs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted β | Adjusted β | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male (ref) | ||||
| Female | 0.12 (0.05/0.18)** | − 0.09 (− 0.16/− 0.02)* | 0.03 (− 0.03/0.10) | − 0.17 (− 0.23/− 0.10)** |
| Twin status | ||||
| Singleton (ref) | ||||
| Twin | − 0.44 (− 0.51/− 0.36)** | − 0.20 (− 0.28/− 0.12)** | − 0.37 (− 0.45/− 0.30)** | − 0.27 (− 0.34/− 0.19)** |
| Age | ||||
| 19–29 (ref) | ||||
| 30–39 | 0.15 (0.05/0.25)** | 0.17 (0.07/0.27)** | 0.05 (− 0.06/0.15) | 0.07 (− 0.04/0.18) |
| 40–49 | 0.31 (0.21/0.41) ** | 0.23 (0.12/0.33)** | 0.15 (0.04/0.26)* | 0.07 (− 0.04/0.19) |
| 50–59 | 0.40 (0.30/0.51) ** | 0.09 (− 0.02/0.20) | 0.22 (0.10/0.34)** | − 0.08 (− 0.20/0.04) |
| 60–69 | 0.31 (0.18/0.44) ** | − 0.09 (− 0.21/0.03) | − 0.02 (− 0.16/0.12) | − 0.39 (− 0.53/− 0.24)** |
| 70+ | 0.43 (0.28/0.59) ** | − 0.21 (− 0.34/− 0.08)** | − 0.01 (− 0.18/0.17) | − 0.56 (− 0.72/0.40)** |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Sinhala (ref) | ||||
| Tamil | − 0.05 (− 0.28/0.18) | 0.11 (− 0.13/0.34) | 0.03 (− 0.18/0.25) | 0.06 (− 0.16/0.27) |
| Muslim | − 0.11 (− 0.27/0.05) | − 0.09 (− 0.26/0.07) | 0.02 (− 0.14/0.18) | − 0.06 (− 0.23/0.11) |
| Other Minority | − 0.53 (− 0.84/− 0.22)** | − 0.31 (− 0.71/0.08) | − 0.60 (− 0.91/− 0.29) | − 0.36 (− 0.69/− 0.02)* |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married (ref) | ||||
| Previously married | 0.43 (0.31/0.54) ** | 0.12 (0.00/0.24) | 0.33 (0.20/0.45)** | 0.25 (0.13/0.37)** |
| Never married | − 0.27 (− 0.35/− 0.20)** | − 0.14 (− 0.22/0.07)** | − 0.12 (− 0.21/− 0.02)* | − 0.11 (− 0.21/− 0.02)* |
| Education | ||||
| No education (ref) | ||||
| Grade 1–5 | − 0.03 (− 0.39/0.33) | − 0.04 (− 0.42/0.34) | 0.01 (− 0.32/0.31) | 0.07 (− 0.04/0.18) |
| Grade 6 O/Ls | − 0.24 (− 0.57/0.10) | − 0.14 (− 0.50/0.22) | − 0.12 (− 0.42/19) | 0.07 (− 0.04/0.19) |
| Passed O/Ls | − 0.29 (− 0.63/0.06) | − 0.30 (− 0.67/0.07) | − 0.06 (− 0.37− 0.24) | − 0.08 (− 0.20/0.04) |
| Up to/passed A/Ls | − 0.33 (− 0.67/0.02) | − 0.24 (− 0.61/0.13) | − 0.07 (− 0.37/0.24) | − 0.39 (− 0.53/− 0.25)** |
| University or higher | − 0.37 (− 0.73/− 0.01)* | − 0.23 (− 0.61/0.15) | − 0.06 (− 0.38/0.26) | − 0.56 (− 0.72/− 0.40)** |
| Urbanicity | ||||
| Urban (ref) | ||||
| Rural | 0.39 (0.29/0.50)** | 0.27 (0.16/0.38)** | 0.42 (0.33/0.31)** | 0.31 (0.20/0.42)** |
| Mixed | 0.18 (0.09/0.26)** | − 0.01 (− 0.09/0.07) | 0.17 (0.09/0.26) ** | − 0.01 (− 0.09/0.06) |
| Outside Colombo | 0.31 (0.17/0.44)** | 0.30 (0.14/0.46)** | 0.38 (0.24/0.52) ** | 0.34 (0.18/0.50)** |
| Financial Strain | ||||
| Living comfortably/doing alright (ref) | ||||
| Just about getting by | 0.06 (− 0.03/0.15) | 0.22 (0.23/0.32)** | 0.02 (− 0.06/0.11) | 0.22 (0.12/0.32)** |
| Difficult to make ends meet | 0.28 (0.15/0.41)** | 0.43 (0.30/0.57)** | 0.23 (0.11/0.35) ** | 0.42 (0.28/0.55)** |
| Very difficult to make ends meet | 0.43 (0.24/0.62)** | 0.80 (0.56/1.04)** | 0.38 (0.19/0.57) ** | 0.80 (0.57− 1.03)** |
Regression conducted using standardised outcome variables. Adjusted β coefficients were calculated after included all other socio-demographic variables in the table
O/Ls O-levels, A/Ls A-levels
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01