Depression and Its Association with Parental Neglect among Adolescents at Governmental High Schools of Aksum Town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019: A Cross Sectional Study

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate logistic analysis of factors associated with depression among adolescents in the sampled governmental high schools in Aksum town, Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Variable	Category	Depression		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Yes	No
Sex	Male	83	202	1	1
	Female	226	113	4.86 (1.82, 5.22)	1.48 (1.03, 2.13)	0.034
Family size	≤5	143	229	1	1
	>5	83	169	0.79 (0.56, 1.10)	0.77 (0.53, 1.10)	0.150
Social support	Poor	107	149	1.86 (1.21, 2.88)	1.69 (1.07, 2.69)	0.026
	Moderate	77	140	1.43 (0.91, 2.24)	1.56 (0.97, 2.52)	0.067
	Good	42	109	1	1
Current alcohol	Yes	98	149	1.28 (0.918, 1.784)	0.73 (.51, 1.06)	0.100
	No	128	249	1	1
Mother’s education	Illiterate	75	99	2.07 (1.13, 3.80)	2.21 (1.09, 4.49)	0.028
	1-4	49	86	1.56 (0.83, 2.93)	1.45 (0.70, 3.01)	0.317
	5-8	47	79	1.63 (0.861, 3.08)	1.67 (0.83, 3.35)	0.153
	9-12	36	82	1.20 (0.62, 2.31)	1.27 (.64, 2.56)	0.496
	College and above	19	52	1	1
Father’s education	Illiterate	35	46	1.81 (1.01, 3.24)	1.11(.56, 2.20)	0.768
	1-4	62	101	1.46 (0.89, 2.40)	0.92(.495, 1.706)	0.789
	5-8	56	87	1.53 (0.92, 2.55)	1.11 (0.61, 2.03)	0.730
	9-12	36	76	1.13 (0.65, 1.96)	1.00(.55, 1.83)	0.997
	College and above	37	88	1	1
Parental neglect	Yes	156	178	2.75 (1.95, 3.89)	2.61 (1.83, 3.72)	0.000
	No	70	220	1	1