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Table 2 Associations of social-demographic variables with childhood depression, São Gonçalo/RJ/Brazil (distal block)

From: CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION. Exploring the association between family violence and other psychosocial factors in low-income Brazilian schoolchildren

Social-demographic variables

 

(%) Depression

OR

Confidence Interval *

Age of children

6-8 (n = 365)

9.6

-

-

9–10 (n = 99)

13.1

1.42

(0.72-2.81)

Sex of children

Female (n = 224)

9.4

-

-

Male (n = 240)

11.3

1.22

(0.67-2.23)

Social Stratum

Upper/Middle (n = 210)

11.0

-

(0.61-2.12)

Poor (n = 179)

12.3

1.140

  1. *p < 0.05.