Poisson regression of multidimensional poverty (dichotomous) on depressive symptoms of participants aged 11–25 years from the harmonised dataset, as well as individual datasets from Mexico, South Africa and Colombia
| Harmonised (n=16 173) | South Africa (n=5161) | Mexico (n=7405) | Colombia (n=3607) | |
| IRR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | |
| Multidimensional poverty (ref.: no poverty) | 1.25 (1.10 to 1.42) | 0.94 (0.83 to 1.07) | 1.35 (1.11 to 1.64) | 2.01 (1.30 to 3.10) |
| Sex (ref.: male) | 1.37 (1.32 to 1.42) | 1.04 (1.00 to 1.08) | 1.55 (1.47 to 1.64) | 1.49 (1.32 to 1.68) |
| Age | 1.00 (0.10 to 1.01) | 1.02 (1.01 to 1.03) | 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) | 1.49 (1.32 to 1.68) |
| South Africa (ref.: Mexico) | 1.02 (0.99 to 1.05) | – | – | – |
| Colombia (ref.: Mexico) | 0.39 (0.36 to 0.41) | – | – | – |
IRR, incidence rate ratio.