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Table 3 Multiple classification analysis for effect of socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors for psychological wellbeing on the level of depression in the institutionalized orphaned children in Hyderabad

From: Depression among AIDS-orphaned children higher than among other orphaned children in southern India

Variable

Categories

N = 386

Predicted mean for depression

Unadjusted mean

Adjusted mean

Mean

Eta

Mean

Beta

P value

Age

12 to 14 years

299

28.3

0.070

27.0

0.101

0.031

15 to 16 years

87

25.9

30.5

Sex

Boy

203

28.6

0.059

26.7

0.075

0.087

Girl

183

26.9

28.9

Child orphaned by AIDS

Yes

199

34.6

0.484

34.4

0.473

<0.001

No

187

20.5

20.7

Type of orphan*

Maternal orphan

60

28.6

0.043

29.2

0.055

0.429

Paternal orphan

205

28.0

27.9

Double orphan

121

26.9

26.8

Duration of stay at the orphanage

<=2 years

174

27.1

0.161

27.6

0.067

0.283

3 to 4 years

111

31.2

29.2

> 4 years

101

25.1

26.6

Ever bullied or ill-treated by friend/relatives

Yes

151

33.5

0.315

29.6

0.100

0.055

No/Cannot say

235

24.1

26.6

Ever abused at orphanage

Yes

80

31.2

0.121

30.8

0.107

0.016

No

306

26.9

27.0

Ever witnessed fights between parents

Yes

167

31.6

0.229

29.6

0.118

0.022

No

143

24.9

25.7

Don’t recall/Don’t know

76

24.8

27.7

Ever experienced discrimination

Always/many times

40

37.5

0.322

34.2

0.157

0.006

Sometimes

64

34.0

28.6

Never

282

25.0

26.7

 

Full model

386

   

0.587

<0.001

  1. *11 cases for which data were missing were excluded from the model.