Unequal Burden of Loss of a Loved One in Non-Hispanic Black and White Californians

Table 3.

Effects of loss of a loved one on depressionbased on race

  Model 3
NHWs
Model 4
NHBs

  OR 95% CI   P OR 95% CI   p

Age 0.98 0.97 0.99 .000 0.99 0.98 1.00 .069
Gender (Male) 0.61 0.43 0.86 .005 0.48 0.32 0.74 .001
Head of the Household 1.14 0.71 1.85 .589 1.77 1.16 2.71 .009
Poverty Status       .034       .200
   Under 150% of the federal poverty line 1.00       1.00      
   150% - 399% of the federal poverty line 0.74 0.49 1.13 .167 0.74 0.48 1.14 .177
   400% + of the federal poverty line 0.55 0.35 0.87 .009 0.63 0.36 1.09 .099
Employed 0.71 0.49 1.03 .068 1.06 0.70 1.62 .784
Education       .314       .011
   Less than High School 1.00       1.00      
   High School 0.69 0.24 2.00 .493 0.32 0.14 0.73 .007
   Some College 0.92 0.33 2.60 .880 0.42 0.20 0.92 .030
   College Or More 1.10 0.39 3.12 .859 0.27 0.11 0.62 .002
Married 0.52 0.37 0.74 .000 0.49 0.30 0.82 .007
Loss of a Loved One 0.99 0.71 1.38 .946 1.54 1.05 2.25 .025
Constant 2.73     .096 1.28     .595

OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval