The Impacts of Household Financial Stress, Resilience, Social Support, and Other Adversities on the Psychological Distress of Western Sydney Parents

Table 5

Prevalence estimates and odds ratios (OR) of parent psychological distress by financial and family/life event variables.

Variables	Prevalence	OR	[95% CI]
Financial stressor
Could not pay gas/electricity/telephone bills
No	9.0	1.00
Yes	16.9	2.06	0.98	4.31	0.055
Could not pay mortgage or rent payments
No	7.9	1.00
Yes	40.5	7.99	3.28	19.48	<0.001
Could not pay school requirements or extras
No	8.2	1.00
Yes	23.0	3.32	1.56	7.10	0.002
Adult lost job
No	8.5	1.00
Yes	34.8	5.78	2.46	13.59	<0.001
Adverse life events
Health self-rated as good
Yes	4.7	1.00
No	23.5	6.25	2.92	13.38	<0.001
Child difficulties
No	7.5	1.00
Yes	14.3	2.05	1.00	4.21	0.050
Persistent family conflict
No	8.1	1.00
Yes	25.1	3.81	1.76	8.25	0.001
Parents separated or divorced
No	10.4	1.00
Yes	15.2	1.54	0.41	5.78	0.520
Chronic health problem or disability
No	8.1	1.00
Yes	16.0	2.16	1.08	4.35	0.031
Mental health problem or emotional difficulties
No	6.8	1.00
Yes	18.7	3.12	1.56	6.27	0.001
Alcohol/drug use affected family
No	11.2	1.00
Yes	2.2	0.18	0.02	1.37	0.097
Close family member died
No	10.7
Yes	10.6	0.99	0.41	2.42	0.987
Other event(s) caused distress/worry
No	6.2	1.00
Yes	19.4	3.65	1.78	7.50	<0.001