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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr J Psychiatr. 2018 Jun 7;24:a1208. doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v24.i0.1208

TABLE 1.

Relationship between traumatic events experiences and post-traumatic stress using adjusted regression.

Variable Model 1
Model 2
Adj β SE Adj β SE
Age category
18–20 - - - -
21–24 −0.81 3.33 −0.52 3.48
25–34 1.08 2.98 1.85 3.11
35+ 2.27 3.22 3.70 3.34

Marital status
Single - - - -
Married/living with partner −1.75 1.75 −1.18 1.83
Divorced/widowed 1.80 2.49 2.58 2.61

Tertiary education
No −0.46 1.43 0.32 1.50
Yes - - - -

Employment status
Employed or studying - - - -
Unemployed/not studying 1.97 1.42 1.68 1.49

Nationality
Zimbabwe 5.38** 1.72 2.84 1.64
Other −1.62 2.02 −2.75 2.09
DRC Congo - - - -

Number of social support
≥ 1 supportive persons available 0.58 1.87 −1.04 1.90
None - - - -
Total number of trauma events 1.48*** 0.35 - -
Exposure to sexual trauma events - - 4.09* 1.77

Source: Trauma events from Life Events Checklist

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001