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Table 6 Moderate depression (odds ratios; 95% CI) by study year, sex, and parents’ unemployment and education

From: Self-reported depression is increasing among socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents – repeated cross-sectional surveys from Finland from 2000 to 2011

 

2000–2001

2002–2003

2004–2005

2006–2007

2008–2009

2010–2011

Parents’ education and employment

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Boys

      

High education employed

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

High education unemployed

1.50 (1.34-1.68)

1.61 (1.43-1.81)

1.81 (1.63-2.01)

2.10 (1.90-2.32)

1.92 (1.74-2.11)

1.76 (1.59-1.96)

Medium education employed

0.84 (0.75-0.94)

0.96 (0.86-1.08)

1.03 (0.93-1.15)

1.12 (1.01-1.24)

1.10 (0.99-1.22)

0.93 (0.83-1.05)

Medium education unemployed

1.34 (1.19-1.51)

1.56 (1.38-1.76)

1.54 (1.36-1.74)

1.88 (1.66-2.14)

1.59 (1.40-1.81)

1.73 (1.53-1.96)

Low education employed

0.99 (0.82-1.19)

1.22 (1.01-1.47)

1.19 (0.98-1.44)

1.58 (1.32-1.89)

1.66 (1.36-2.03)

1.21 (0.98-1.50)

Low education unemployed

1.50 (1.24-1.83)

2.61 (2.15-3.16)

1.73 (1.39-2.14)

3.13 (2.57-3.81)

2.81 (2.26-3.49)

1.92 (1.55-2.37)

N

47586

50774

53057

54315

54132

51116

Girls

      

High education employed

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

High education unemployed

1.58 (1.45-1.74)

1.66 (1.51-1.82)

1.57 (1.45-1.71)

1.92 (1.77-2.07)

1.68 (1.56-1.81)

1.68 (1.56-1.81)

Medium education employed

1.19 (1.11-1.29)

1.25 (1.16-1.35)

1.15 (1.07-1.23)

1.23 (1.15-1.31)

1.22 (1.14-1.31)

1.20 (1.11-1.29)

Medium education unemployed

1.82 (1.67-1.97)

1.83 (1.68-1.99)

1.87 (1.73-2.04)

1.99 (1.83-2.17)

2.00 (1.84-2.17)

1.94 (1.78-2.11)

Low education employed

1.44 (1.27-1.63)

1.44 (1.26-1.65)

1.46 (1.28-1.67)

1.42 (1.24-1.62)

1.60 (1.38-1.87)

1.50 (1.32-1.70)

Low education unemployed

2.04 (1.78-2.32)

2.31 (2.00-2.68)

2.28 (1.98-2.64)

2.15 (1.82-2.53)

2.26 (1.90-2.69)

2.64 (2.32-3.00)

N

47049

49236

51713

54005

54035

51066

  1. Reference group: employed parents with high education.