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Table 2 The relationship between depressive symptoms and public assistance from Poisson regression analyses with a robust error variance using fixed effects

From: Public assistance program and depressive symptoms of the recipient: a cross-sectional Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

PR

95%CI

PR

95%CI

PR

95%CI

PR

95%CI

Public assistance (ref: no)

2.38

(2.24–2.53)

1.91

(1.79–2.03)

1.57

(1.47–1.67)

1.33

(1.25–1.42)

Age (10-year unit)

1.21

(1.19–1.24)

1.10

(1.07–1.12)

1.01

(0.99–1.03)

0.99

(0.98–1.01)

Sex (ref. male)

0.97

(0.95–0.99)

0.87

(0.84–0.89)

0.88

(0.86–0.90)

1.02

(0.99–1.05)

Education > 9 years (ref: ≤ 9 years)

  

0.73

(0.71–0.75)

0.81

(0.78–0.83)

0.87

(0.85–0.90)

Marital status (ref. unmarried)

  

0.69

(0.67–0.71)

0.74

(0.72–0.76)

0.76

(0.74–0.78)

Household income (mean; one-million JPY unit)

    

0.89

(0.88–0.89)

0.91

(0.90–0.91)

Household number (mean)

    

1.04

(1.03–1.05)

1.02

(1.01–1.03)

Comorbidity (mean)

    

1.21

(1.20–1.22)

1.19

(1.18–1.20)

Meeting friends

      

0.88

(0.86–0.89)

Number of friends

      

0.81

(0.80–0.83)

Participation in sports clubs

      

0.90

(0.88–0.92)

Participation in hobby clubs

      

0.89

(0.87–0.90)

  1. PR Prevalence ratio