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Table 4 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

−2.65 (−5.10, −0.21)

0.0333

−1.23 (−3.86, 1.39)

0.3571

High psychological distress

1.22 (0.65, 1.80)

<.0001

0.76 (0.26, 1.27)

0.0030

Age – continuous

0.01 (−0.02, 0.05)

0.4914

−0.006 (− 0.04, 0.03)

0.7310

Not in the labour force

0.17 (−0.48, 0.82)

0.6050

0.26 (−0.34, 0.86)

0.3961

Major city

−0.14 (− 0.64, 0.36)

0.5809

− 0.24 (− 0.63, 0.14)

0.2125

Married

− 0.45 (− 0.99, 0.08)

0.0982

0.07 (− 0.40, 0.54)

0.7710

Own home

0.14 (− 0.65, 0.92)

0.7357

0.02 (− 0.56, 0.59)

0.9560

Adjusted relative risk

 High psychological distress VS Low psychological distress

3.40 (1.91–6.04)

<.0001

2.15 (1.30–3.55)

0.0030