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Table 3 Modified Poisson regression model of incidence of income 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

−2.97 (−5.07, − 0.88),

0.0053

− 1.28 (− 3.30, 0.74)

0.2149

High psychological distress

0.52 (0.02, 1.01),

0.0397

0.39 (− 0.08, 0.87)

0.1008

Age – continuous

0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05)

0.1684

−0.002 (− 0.03, 0.03)

0.9018

Not in the labour force

0.29 (−0.18, 0.75)

0.2252

0.27 (−0.20, 0.73)

0.2582

Major city

−0.09 (− 0.35, 0.33)

0.9603

− 0.09 (− 0.39, 0. 21)

0.5512

Married

0.15 (− 0.30, 0.61)

0.5155

− 0.05 (− 0.40, 0.31)

0.8008

Own home

− 0.06 (− 0.59, 0.48)

0.8375

0.15 (− 0.40, 0.71)

0.5900

Adjusted relative risk

 High psychological distress VS Low psychological distress

1.68 (1.02, 2.75)

0.0397

1.48 (0.93–2.37)

0.1008