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Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regressions for associations between past-year and past-month period poverty and depression (N = 471)

From: Period poverty and mental health implications among college-aged women in the United States

Experience of period poverty

None/minimal depression (%)

Moderate/severe depression (%)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

No period poverty

56.6

43.4

Referent

Referent

Past-year any period poverty

38.8

61.2

2.05 (1.20–3.50)

1.83 (0/.99–3.38)

Past-year monthly period poverty

31.9

68.1

2.78 (1.45–5.31)

2.34 (1.09–4.99)

  1. AORs controlling for age, race, first generation student, US born, living situation, relationship status, enrollment, sexual orientation, self-rated health status