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Table 2 Global OLS model for associations between explanatory variables and mental health outcomes

From: The geography of post-disaster mental health: spatial patterning of psychological vulnerability and resilience factors in New York City after Hurricane Sandy

Explanatory variables/mental health outcomes

PTS

DEPRESSION

 

Estimate

Sig.

S.E.

Estimate

Sig.

S.E.

Age

.08

*

.03

.00

 

.01

Female

1.45

 

1.05

.25

 

.48

Asian

1.31

 

2.21

.20

 

1.02

Non-Hispanic Black

4.37

**

1.32

.84

 

.61

Hispanic

3.54

**

1.34

.75

 

.62

Other ethnicity

−1.26

 

2.04

.63

 

.94

High school education or less

3.40

**

1.22

1.33

*

.56

Employed

−1.64

 

1.06

−.77

 

.49

Married or cohabiting

−1.85

.08

1.05

−.53

 

.48

Parent, living with child at time of Sandy

1.48

 

1.28

.21

 

.59

Experienced or witnessed trauma in addition to Sandy

3.16

**

1.02

1.63

***

.47

Number of hurricane-related stressors

3.73

***

.49

.94

***

.23

Number of hurricane-related trauma

1.53

 

1.93

.69

 

.89

Model fit

Adjusted R2:

.23

  

.09

  

AIC:

3,116.22

  

2,468.83

  
  1. N = 418. Significance level: <0.001***, <0.01**, <0.05*.