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Table 2 Multilevel regression of the likelihoods of depressive symptoms in relation to caregiving and social risk factors at individual and country levels among female Baby Boomers

From: Is caregiving by baby boomer women related to the presence of depressive symptoms? Evidence from eight national surveys

 

OR (95% CI)

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Individual-level variables

 Caregiving

1.30 ***

1.30 ***

1.30 ***

1.30 ***

1.30 ***

1.30 ***

(1.16–1.46)

(1.16–1.46)

(1.16–1.46)

(1.16–1.46)

(1.16–1.46)

(1.16–1.46)

 Married

0.46 ***

0.46 ***

0.46 ***

0.46 ***

0.46 ***

0.46 ***

(0.40–0.52)

(0.40–0.52)

(0.40–0.52)

(0.40–0.52)

(0.40–0.52)

(0.40–0.52)

 Employed

0.53 ***

0.55 ***

0.55 ***

0.55 ***

0.55 ***

0.55 ***

(0.47–0.65)

(0.47–0.64)

(0.47–0.65)

(0.47–0.65)

(0.47–0.65)

(0.47–0.65)

 Married x Employed

1.46 ***

1.46 ***

1.46 ***

1.46 ***

1.46 ***

1.46 ***

(1.23–1.74)

(1.23–1.74)

(1.23–1.74)

(1.23–1.74)

(1.23–1.74)

(1.23–1.74)

 Education

0.78 ***

0.78 ***

0.78 ***

0.78 ***

0.78 ***

0.78 ***

(0.76–0.81)

(0.76–0.80)

(0.76–0.81)

(0.76–0.81)

(0.76–0.81)

(0.76–0.81)

 Age

0.98 *

0.98 *

0.98 *

0.98 *

0.98 *

0.98 *

(0.97–0.998)

(0.97–0.999)

(0.97–0.997)

(0.97–0.997)

(0.97–0.998)

(0.97–0.998)

Country-level variables

 Proportion of women in managerial or professional occupations

 

1.04 *

    
 

(1.01–1.08)

    

 Female vulnerable employment

  

1.01 *

   
  

(1.0001–1.01)

   

 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

   

0.99

  
   

(0.98–1.00)

  

 Adolescent fertility

    

1.01

 
    

(0.99–1.02)

 

 Female labor force participation

     

1.00

     

(0.98–1.01)

Random variance component

Est. (S.E.)

Est. (S.E.)

Est. (S.E.)

Est. (S.E.)

Est. (S.E.)

Est. (S.E.)

 Intercept at level 2

0.06 (0.03)*

0.30 (0.06)*

0.10 (0.04)*

0.08 (0.04)*

0.06 (0.03)*

0.10 (0.03)*

 Intercept at level 3

0.39 (0.13)***

0.00002 (0.001)

0.19 (0.09)*

0.32 (0.08)*

0.30 (0.15)*

0.22 (0.09)*

Comparison to null model

 Chi-square

264.84***

261.94***

264.43***

262.96***

265.50***

264.30***

 Degrees of freedom

6

7

7

7

7

7

  1. * p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio