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Table 3 Odds ratios of outpatient mental care for anxiety and depression (2001-01-01-2006-12-31) of the child by category of gender (in)equality of the parents; crude and fully adjusted results, by sex and in total; 95% CI

From: Could gender equality in parental leave harm off-springs' mental health? a registry study of the Swedish parental/child cohort of 1988/89

 

Odds ratios Crude Boys n:54 282

Odds ratios Crude Girls n:51 504

Odds ratios Crude Both N:105 786

Odds ratios Adjusted* Boys n:50 859

Odds ratios Adjusted* Girls n:48 254

Odds ratios Adjusted* Both N:99 113

Anxiety outpatient mental care

      

Very traditional

0.73

1.49

1.12

0.69

1.48

1.07

 

(0.45-1.19)

(0.93-2.38)

(0.80-1.57)

(0.42-1.13)

(0.90-2.45)

(0.75-1.52)

Rather traditional

0.69

1.52

1.12

0.67

1.66

1.14

 

(0.39-1.22)

(0.92-2.54)

(0.77-1.62)

(0.37-1.19)

(0.97-2.83)

(0.78-1.68)

Equal

1

1

1

1

1

1

Untraditional

0.79

1.52

1.18

0.62

1.27

0.95

 

(0.36-1.74)

(0.81-2.88)

(0.72-1.91)

(0.25-1.50)

(0.61-2.63)

(0.55-1.65)

Depression outpatient mental care

      

Very traditional

0.57

0.84

0.74

0.57

0.83

0.74

 

(0.34-0.96)

(0.56-1.24)

(0.54-1.02)

(0.33-0.98)

(0.55-1.25)

(0.53-1.03)

Rather traditional

0.62

0.90

0.80

0.67

0.94

0.84

 

(0.34-1.16)

(0.58-1.41)

(0.56-1.15)

(0.35-1.26)

(0.59-1.50)

(0.58-1.23)

Equal

1

1

1

1

1

1

Untraditional

1.08

0.79

0.90

0.98

0.83

0.89

 

(0.50-2.32)

(0.42-1.49)

(0.56-1.46)

(0.42-2.29)

(0.43-1.63)

(0.53-1.51)

  1. *) Adjusted for: parents' total amount of parental leave, age, country of birth, living together or not, getting a second child during exposure period, parents' income and educational level, and parents' institutional care for psychosis, anxiety, depression, and alcohol abuse