Determinants of Household Food Insecurity and Depression in Mothers: Evidence from Ghana

Table 3

Determinants of depression.

Depression	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval of the adjusted odds ratio	value
Self-health rating
Excellent	1.00
Good/very good	3.05	1.36–6.85	0.007
Poor/fair	4.38	1.96–9.81	<0.001
Autonomy
Adequate	1.00
Inadequate	1.99	1.10–3.60	0.022
Work
Farming	1.00
Trading	0.25	0.10–0.62	0.003
Nutrition knowledge
Adequate	1.00
Inadequate	3.81	2.17–6.69	<0.001
Residential area
Urban	1.00
Rural	1.96	1.14–3.37	0.015
Spouse/partner’s work
Farming	1.00
Other	2.16	1.20–3.88	0.010

Variables entered into the model: age, marital status, educational level, occupation, parity, self-health rating, nutrition knowledge, social support, autonomy, nutritional status, husband’s educational level, husband’s occupation, household size, household drinking water, and residential area type.