Table 3.
Association between informal employment and self-reported depressive symptoms.
| Prevalence Ratios (95% Confidence Interval) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| N | Model 1a | Model 2a,b | |
| Overall | 5430 | 1.29 (1.00, 1.65) | 1.27 (1.00, 1.62) |
| Female | 2350 | 1.33 (1.03, 1.71) | 1.36 (1.06, 1.74) |
| Male | 3080 | 1.25 (0.92, 1.68) | 1.22 (0.90, 1.65) |
a
Estimated using log-binomial models, employing a generalized estimating equation (GEE) approach, with city-clustered standard errors, adjusted for age and education; overall models also control for gender. Major depressive symptoms defined as CES-D-10 score 16.
b
Additionally adjusted for sociodemographic and household-level characteristics: relationship status, household size, having a child under the age of 5 in the household.