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Table 4 Odds ratios of prescription of anxiety drugs and anti- depressants (2005-07-01-2008-07-31) 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:48 524

Odds ratios Adjusted* Both N:99 113

Anxiety drugs

      

Very traditional

1.00

0.74

0.83

0.97

0.72

0.80

 

(0.75-1.35)

(0.61-0.91)

(0.70-0.98)

(0.71-1.32)

(0.58-0.89)

(0.67-0.95)

Rather traditional

0.98

0.72

0.80

1.01

0.77

0.85

 

(0.70-1.37)

(0.57-0.91)

(0.66-0.97)

(0.72-1.43)

(0.61-0.98)

(0.70-1.03)

Equal

1

1

1

1

1

1

Untraditional

1.06

0.63

0.77

0.82

0.58

0.66

 

(0.69-1.65)

(0.45-0.89)

(0.59-1.01)

(0.49-1.35)

(0.40-0.85)

(0.49-0.89)

Anti-depressants

      

Very traditional

0.93

0.86

0.88

0.89

0.85

0.87

 

(0.68-1.26)

(0.69-1.06)

(0.74-1.05)

(0.65-1.22)

(0.68-1.06)

(0.73-1.04)

Rather traditional

0.92

0.90

0.91

0.93

0.95

0.94

 

(0.65-1.30)

(0.71-1.14)

(0.74-1.10)

(0.65-1.32)

(0.74-1.22)

(0.77-1.16)

Equal

1

1

1

1

1

1

Untraditional

0.76

0.85

0.83

0.59

0.85

0.78

 

(0.46-1.25)

(0.61-1.18)

(0.63-1.09)

(0.33-1.05)

(0.60-1.21)

(0.58-1.05)

  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