Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with depression among participants at Jimma university main campus regular student, April 2016. (N = 556)

Variables	Depression			AOR & 95% CI	P-value
	No N (%)	Yes N (%)
Family members with mental illness
No	378 (72.8)	141 (27.2)	1	1	1
Yes	21 (56.8)	16 (43.2)	2.043 (1.036–4.026)*	2.307 (1.055–5.049)	0.036**
College
CHS	182 (75.8)	58 (24.2)	1.243 (0.701–2.205)	1.273 (0.682–2.377)	0.448
CSSH	71 (56.8)	54 (43.2)	2.966 (1.619–5.434)*	2.582 (1.332–5.008)	0.005**
CNCS	68 (73.1)	25 (26.9)	1.434 (0.732–2.807)	1.523 (0.731–3.173)	0.261
CLG	78 (79.6)	20 (20.4)	1	1	1
Sex after drinking
No	380 (73.6)	136 (26.4)	1	1	1
Yes	19 (47.5)	21 (52.5)	3.088 (1.611–5.920)*	3.722(1.818–7.619)	< 0.001**
Being hit by a sexual partner
No	381 (74.9)	128 (25.1)	1	1	1
Yes	18 (38.3)	29 (61.7)	4.796 (2.576–8.926)*	3.132 (1.561–6.283)	0.001**
Childhood emotional abuse
No	365 (73.9)	129 (26.1)	1	1	1
Yes	34 (54.8)	28 (45.2)	2.330 (1.359–3.994)*	2.167 (1.169–4.017)	0.014**
Pocket money(Ethiopian Birr)
< 100	15 (78.9)	4 (21.1)	0.351 (0.100–1.229)	0.348 (0.088–1.368)	0.131
100–299	55 (62.5)	33 (37.5)	0.789 (0.378–1.649)	0.905 (0.386–2.118)	0.817
300–499	161 (73.5)	58 (26.5)	0.474 (0.243–0.924)*	0.489 (0.224–1.071)	0.074
500–999	143 (76.9)	43 (23.1)	0.396 (0.199–0.787)*	0.450 (0.204–0.995)	0.049**
> 1000	25 (56.8)	19 (43.2)	1	1	1
Academic performance
Warned	3 (75)	1 (25)	2.267 (0.196–26.271)	1.812 (0.133–24.738)	0.656
Promoted	228 (66.1)	117 (33.9)	3.489 (1.330–9.158)*	2.912 (1.063–7.975)	0.038**
Distinction	134 (80.2)	33 (19.8)	1.675 (0.608–4.612)	1.327 (0.462–3.812)	0.599
Great distinction	34 (87.2)	5 (12.8)	1	1	1

CHS College of health science, CSSH College of social science and Humanity, CNCSCollege of natural and computational science, CLG College of law and Governance

*Variables with p ≤ 0.25 on Binary logistic regression

**Variables with p < 0.05 on multiple logistic regression or have a significant association