An assessment of awareness of mental health conditions and its association with socio-demographic characteristics: a cross-sectional study in a rural district in Bangladesh

Table 5 Influence of socio-demographic characteristics on the transformed latent trait (person measure of awareness) of MHCs

Sociodemographic characteristic	Common MHCs		Severe MHCs
	N = 2425		N = 2425
	β (95% CI) ^a	β (95% CI) ^b	β (95% CI) ^a	β (95% CI) ^b
Gender (men vs. women)	0.51 (0.33–0.70)^c	0.42 (0.25–0.59)^c	0.11 (−0.01–0.24)	0.06 (−0.06–0.18)
Age per 10-year increase	−0.33 (−0.38 - -0.28)^c	−0.17 (−0.22 - -0.12)^c	−0.14 (− 0.18 - -0.10)^c	−0.06 (− 0.1 - -0.03) ^c
SES (ref.: at least sometimes insufficient fund)	1.0 (0.82–1.18)^c	0.43 (0.26–0.61)^c	0.5 (0.38–0.63)^c	0.25 (0.13–0.38) ^c
Education (ref.: up to primary level of education)	2.16 (1.98–2.34)^c	1.77 (1.58–1.97)^c	0.97 (0.85–1.10)^c	0.81 (0.67–0.95) ^c

^aUnadjusted β (95% CI); ^bAdjusted β (95% CI) for variables in the model; ^c Significant at 0.001

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