Table 4 Multivariate adjusted association between depressive symptoms and Internet use with interaction term between Internet use and subjective economic status
N = 1,186 | B | SE | 95% CI | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet | Do not use | ref | ||||
Use | -1.35 | 0.76 | -2.85 | 0.15 | 0.08 | |
Age | 60–74 | ref | ||||
75 or more | 0.06 | 0.19 | -0.32 | 0.44 | 0.75 | |
Sex | Male | ref | ||||
Female | 0.77 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 1.1 | < 0.01 | |
Education | No school | ref | ||||
Monastic school | -0.25 | 0.32 | -0.89 | 0.38 | 0.44 | |
Some/Finished primary school | -0.41 | 0.31 | -1.02 | 0.2 | 0.19 | |
Middle school or higher | -0.71 | 0.34 | -1.37 | -0.05 | 0.04 | |
ADL | Not independent | ref | ||||
Independent | -0.75 | 0.24 | -1.21 | -0.29 | < 0.01 | |
Region | Yangon | ref | ||||
Bago | 0.14 | 0.19 | -0.23 | 0.51 | 0.46 | |
Meeting friends/acquaintances | Hardly/None | ref | ||||
Less than once a week | -0.51 | 0.29 | -1.08 | 0.05 | 0.07 | |
Once a week or more | -0.41 | 0.23 | -0.86 | 0.04 | 0.08 | |
Subjective economic status | Difficult/Very difficult | ref | ||||
Average or higher | -2.64 | 0.21 | -3.05 | -2.22 | < 0.01 | |
Internet use *subjective economic status | 0.43 | 0.79 | -1.11 | 1.98 | 0.59 | |
Adj R-squared = 0.20 | ||||||