Social differences associated with the use of psychotropic drugs among men and women aged 65 to 74 years living in the community: the international mobility in aging study (IMIAS)

Table 4 Prevalence ratios of use of anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics (ASH) according to education, income, and occupation for sites in Canada, Latin America, and Albania

Socioeconomic variables		Latin America (Natal + Manizales)			Canada (Kingston + Saint-Hyacinthe)			Albania (Tirana)
Socioeconomic variables		PR	95 % CI	P-value	PR	95 % CI	P-value	PR	95 % CI	P-value
Education	< Secondary	3.07	0.45–21.20	0.253	0.82	0.26–2.66	0.747	0.84	0.25–2.78	0.774
	Secondary or higher	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1	0.27	0.06–1.21	0.087	0.58	0.36–0.93	0.024
	Site 2	Ref.			Ref.
Income	Low/medium	0.40	0.13–1.22	0.109	1.14	0.67–1.94	0.634	0.43	0.20–0.94	0.034
	High	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1	0.33	0.07–1.54	0.159	0.62	0.38–1.01	0.055
	Site 2	Ref.			Ref.
Occupation	Manual	1.44	0.18–11.22	0.729	1.25	0.75–2.07	0.397	0.87	0.41–1.84	0.709
	Non-manual	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
	Site 1	0.27	0.06–1.15	0.077	0.63	0.38–1.04	0.073
	Site 2	Ref.			Ref.

Controlled for site, age and sex, depression, and number of chronic illnesses, as well as comparison between grouped sites, if applicable
In Latin America, site 1 = Manizales and site 2 = Natal; In Canada, site 1 = Kingston and site 2 = Saint-Hyacinthe

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