From: Depression among AIDS-orphaned children higher than among other orphaned children in southern India
Variable | Categories | N = 386 | Predicted mean for depression | ||||
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Unadjusted mean | Adjusted mean | ||||||
Mean | Eta | Mean | Beta | P value | |||
Age | 12 to 14Â years | 299 | 28.3 | 0.070 | 27.0 | 0.101 | 0.031 |
15 to 16Â 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 | <=2Â years | 174 | 27.1 | 0.161 | 27.6 | 0.067 | 0.283 |
3 to 4Â years | 111 | 31.2 | 29.2 | ||||
> 4Â 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 |