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. 2021 Sep 20;12:635884. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.635884

Table 3.

Association among social & financial stressors, anxiety and depressive symptoms among adult wage earners in Bangladesh.

Variables n (N = 707) Anxiety § Depressive symptoms §§
OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Not getting any salary during the pandemic
   Yes 215 (30.41%) 2.64** (1.86–3.75) 2.05** (1.40–3.01) 3.08** (2.17–4.38) 2.45** (1.68–3.57)
   No 492 (69.59) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Dealing with financial problem
   Yes 188 (26.59%) 3.66** (2.47–5.42) 2.82** (1.83–4.36) 3.37** (2.31–4.91) 2.45** (1.61–3.72)
   No 519 (73.41%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Increased price of daily necessary commodities
   Yes 395 (55.87%) 1.52** (1.12–2.05) 1.23 (0.87–1.72) 1.64** (1.22–2.22) 1.44* (1.03–2.02)
   No 312 (44.13%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Inadequate food supply
   Yes 551 (77.93%) 4.24** (2.72–6.59) 2.27** (1.39–3.70) 4.00** (2.62–6.11) 2.19** (1.37–3.49)
   No 156 (22.07%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Children's educational loss
   Yes 208 (29.42%) 1.80** (1.28–2.53) 1.61** (1.10–2.36) 1.65** (1.18–2.31) 1.39 (0.96–2.03)
   No 499 (70.58%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Upcoming financial crisis
   Yes 563 (79.63%) 1.91** (1.32–2.77) 2.01** (1.34–3.01) 1.50* (1.04–2.16) 1.47 (0.99–2.19)
   No 144 (20.37%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
*

P ≤ 0.05;

**

P ≤ 0.01.

OR, Odds ratio; AOR, Adjusted odds ratio (adjusted for the variables only that were included in this particular table); CI, Confidence interval.

§

Anxiety was defined as individuals who scored ≥ 10.

§§

Depressive symptoms was defined as individuals who scored ≥ 10.