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Table 5 Sensitivity analysis modified poisson regression model of incidence of multidimensional poverty between 2009 and 2012, Australian population aged 65 years and over

From: Psychological distress increases the risk of falling into poverty amongst older Australians: the overlooked costs-of-illness

 

Males

Females

Estimate (95% CI)

p-value

Estimate (95% CI)

p-value

Intercept

−3.06 (−5.87, −0.24)

0.0332

0.44 (−2.26, 3.14)

0.7491

High psychological distress

0.84 (0.16, 1.53)

0.0160

0.85 (0.33, 1.37)

0.0013

Age – continuous

0.02 (−0.02, 0.06)

0.3345

−0.03 (− 0.07, 0.003)

0.0760

Not in the labour force

0.10 (−0.59, 0.80)

0.7726

0.38 (−0.25, 1.02)

0.2383

Major city

−0.34 (− 0.88, 0.21)

0.2240

− 0.29 (− 0.70, 0.11)

0.1578

Married

− 0.46 (−1.04, 1.22)

0.1211

0.12 (− 0.61, 0.36)

0.6185

Own home

0.12 (−0.73, 0.99)

0.7894

0.12 (−0.50, 0.74)

0.6959

Adjusted relative risk

 High psychological distress VS Low psychological distress

2.32 (1.17–4.60)

0.0160

2.34 (1.39–3.93)

0.0013

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BMC Psychology

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