Table 2 Predictor variables at the individual and the household level – definitions
Predictors measured at the individual level | |
X(co): Co-resident’s experience of common mental disorder | A binary variable where 1 means a presence of at least one co-resident who has ever experienced any common mental disorders and zero means none of the co-residents has ever experienced common mental disorders |
X1: Age | A continuous variable represents individual’s age in years |
X2: Male | A binary variable where 1 indicates male and 0 indicates Females |
X3: Working status | A binary variable where 1 indicates the person is working and 0 indicates non-working |
X4: individual’s history of common mental disorder | A binary variable where 1 indicates the person has experienced a common mental disorder during his/her life and 0 indicates otherwise |
X5: Headship of the household | A binary variable where 1 indicates the person is a householder and 0 otherwise |
X6: having close relationship with other people | An ordinal variable ranges from 1 to 5 where 5 represents closer relationship with other people |
X7: Obesity | A continuous variable represents individual’s body mass index |
Predictors measured at the household-level | |
Z1: Household Deprivation index | An ordinal variable represents quintiles of deprivation, ranked in ascending order of deprivation score where quintile 1 means least deprived |
Z2: Household’s close relationship with other people | A continuous variable represents a score ranges from 1 to 5 where 5 represents closer relationship with other people |