Is concern about young people's anti-social behaviour associated with poor health? cross-sectional evidence from residents of deprived urban neighbourhoods

Table 1 demographic characteristics of participants who report serious teenager problems: multivariate logistic regression model

	Dependent variable: Participants who report that teenagers are a serious problem
Independent variables	Category	N¹	%²	OR³	P⁴	95% CI⁵
Sex	Male	490	20.43	1.00
	Female	842	23.32	1.15	0.071	(0.99-1.34)
Ethnic group	White British	1074	21.48	1.00
	Other	257	25.73	0.91	0.533	(0.68-1.22)
Household structure	Cohabiting	489	23.37	1.00
	Single	832	21.54	0.93	0.468	(0.77-1.13)
Age group (years)	65 or older	209	14.09	1.00
	55 to 64	160	19.88	1.45	0.007	(1.10-1.90)
	40 to 54	373	24.21	1.75	< 0.001	(1.40- 2.19)
	25 to 39	437	26.52	1.90	< 0.001	(1.41-2.58)
	16 to 24	136	29.18	2.21	< 0.001	(1.49-3.27)
Living with children	No	794	19.53	1.00
	Yes	527	27.64	1.18	0.049	(1.00-1.39)
Educational qualifications	1 or more	396	25.26	1.00
	None	936	21.18	0.89	0.203	(0.74-1.06)
Problems paying bills	Never	936	20.40	1.00
	Sometimes	396	27.89	1.43	0.005	(1.11-1.85)

¹ Number of participants from each category who report teenagers are a serious neighbourhood problem
² Percentage of participants from each category who report teenagers are a serious neighbourhood problem
³ Odds ratio
⁴ P value
⁵ 95% Confidence interval
reference category in italics.
total sample n = 6008; number of observations = 5858.

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