Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in Nairobi slums

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Odds ratio from regression analysis of the association of depression with violence, adverse life events and other risk factors (n = 2106)

Variables	Model I Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Model II Violence and adverse life events AOR (95% CI)	Model III Full model AOR (95% CI)
Respondents age (RC = 11–14)
15–17	1.280 (0.821–1.996)	0.900(0.531–1.525)	0.870 (0.512–1.480)
18–19	1.796 (1.106–2.917)*	0.956(0.525–1.738)	0.941 (0.515–1.719)
Highest level of education (RC = primary or lower)
Secondary	2.098(1.441–3.054)**	2.055 (1.281–3.297)**	1.989 (1.232–3.211)*
Neighborhood safety (RC = safe)
Not safe	1.881 (1.499–2.360)**	1.642 (1.258–2.143)***	1.533 (1.159–2.028)*
Experience of physical violence
Yes	3.940 (3.102–5.006)**	3.141 (2.283–4.322)***	2.926 (2.175–3.936)***
Experience of sexual violence
Yes	4.612 (3.310–6.426)***	3.148 (1.996–4.963)***	2.519 (1.637–3.875)***
Household food Insecure
Yes	1.332 (1.063–1.668)*	1.259 (0.929–1.707)	1.217 (0.919–1.612)
Worked for pay in the past year
No	0.532 (0.366–0.774)**	0.740(0.466–1.177)	0.835 (0.498–1.400)
Adverse event in the in past year
Yes	1.275 (1.018–1.596)**	1.266 (1.113–1.762)*	1.326(1.002–1.753)*
Parental (maternal) connectedness (RC = very close)
Somewhat close	1.892 (1.384–2.586)**		1.853 (1.280–2.683)***
Not close	2.564 (1.843–3.567)**		2.343 (1.552–3.538)***
Has close friends who can help or counsel upon need
Yes	0.386 (0.011–0.760)*		1.304 (0.870–1.955)

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