Predictors of social support, physical health and mental health among food insecure internally displaced persons in Turkana, Kenya

Table 4 Multiple linear regression analysis for predictors of physical and social health among IDPs in Turkana Kenya

	Physical health*			Social health**
*Predictors*	*Estimates*	CI	p	*Estimates*	CI	p
(*N = 159*)
Gender: Male	−0.25	−6.72 – 6.22	0.940	1.29	−4.17 – 6.76	0.641
Marital status: Married	0.50	−5.35 – 6.34	0.867	8.16 ^**	3.22–13.10	0.001
Education: High schooleducation and above	5.50	−8.04 – 19.05	0.423	2.30	−9.14 – 13.74	0.692
Years lived in currentresidence	−1.41 ^*	−2.76 – −0.05	0.042	− 0.10	−1.25 – 1.04	0.863
Age	−0.28 ^***	−0.44 – − 0.12	0.001	−0.04	− 0.18 – 0.09	0.540
Adults in household	−0.37	−2.49 – 1.76	0.732	−0.17	−1.96 – 1.63	0.855
Children in household	−1.38 ^*	−2.75 – −0.02	0.047	0.21	−0.95 – 1.36	0.722
Experienced violence incurrent residence (camp): No	3.12	−3.28 – 9.52	0.336	−7.69 ^**	−13.09 – −2.28	0.006
Lost family membersduring displacement: No	0.10	−5.81 – 6.01	0.974	4.90	−0.09 – 9.89	0.054
Observations	155			155
R²/ R²adjusted	0.200 / 0.151			0.181 / 0.130

*p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001
*WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF); higher scores indicate better physical health
**Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey; higher scores indicate more social support

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