Table 1 Predicting working adults’ depression disorder, anxiety disorder, and overall mental health score (N = 601)
Variables | n (%) | Logistic regression | Linear regression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distress | Anxiety | Mental health | |||||
OR (95%CI) | p-value | OR (95%CI) | p-value | b (95%CI) | p-value | ||
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 315 (52.4) | .74 (.42–1.33) | .315 | 1.09 (.72–1.65) | .688 | −.98 (− 2.62–.64) | .233 |
 Female | 286 (47.6) | ||||||
Age | |||||||
 18–19 | 30 (5.0) | .97 (.92–1.02) | .178 | .98 (.93–1.03) | .421 | .23*** (.06–.40) | .007 |
 20–29 | 339 (57.4) | ||||||
 30–39 | 156 (26.0) | ||||||
 40–79 | 70 (11.6) | ||||||
Marital status | |||||||
 Single | 407 (67.7) | ----------------------------Reference----------------------------- | |||||
 Married | 185 (30.8) | 1.09 (.46–2.59) | .845 | .89 (.47–1.69) | .722 | −.35 (− 2.66–1.97) | .770 |
 Divorced | 9 (1.7) | 2.02 (.18–22.8) | .570 | .69 (.08–6.45) | .748 | −1.91 (− 10.70–6.86) | .668 |
Education | |||||||
 Primary | 2 (0.3) | . 95 (.51–1.76) | .865 | 1.10 (.67–1.80) | .698 | −1.96 (−3.96–.03) | .054 |
 Secondary | 1 (0.2) | ||||||
 Intermediate | 175 (29.0) | ||||||
 Graduate or higher | 424 (70.5) | ||||||
Exercise hours per day | |||||||
Mean [SD] | 0.77 [0.79] | .66 (.45–.96) | .028 | .81 (.63–1.05) | .112 | 1.28 (.31–2.25) | .010 |
Distance to Karachi (1000 km) | |||||||
 Mean [SD] | 0.27 [0.51] | .54 (.18–1.6) | .265 | .58 (.27–1.24) | .160 | 3.51 (.74–6.28) | .013 |
Family size | |||||||
 1 | 5 (0.8) | .76 (.61–.94) | .013 | .91 (.82–1.00) | .052 | .19 (−.13–.50) | .245 |
 2 | 17 (2.8) | ||||||
 3 | 54 (9.0) | ||||||
 4 | 99 (16.5) | ||||||
 5 | 134 (22.3) | ||||||
 6 | 122 (20.3) | ||||||
 7 | 58 (9.7) | ||||||
 8 | 41 (6.8) | ||||||
 9 | 20 (3.3) | ||||||
  ≥ 10 | 51 (8.49) | ||||||
Distance * Family size | 1.25 (1.04–1.49) | .017 | 1.14 (1.03–1.26) | .015 | −.71 (−1.04 – -.38) | .000 | |