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Table 2 Effects of socioeconomic determinants on involvement in bullying

From: Prevalence of bullying and victimization among children in early elementary school: Do family and school neighbourhood socioeconomic status matter?

  

Odds ratios for involvement in bullying and victimization (95%-CI)#

  

Basic model without mutual adjustment for indicators of SES

Indicators of socioeconomic status

N§

Uninvolved (n = 4214)

Victim (n = 252)

Bully (n = 1075)

Bully-victim (n = 835)

Age mother (per 5 year decrease)

6161

Reference

1.09 (0.96-1.24)

1.06 (1.00-1.15)

1.15 (1.06-1.25)

Age father (per 5 year decrease)

6161

Reference

1.05 (0.94-1.17)

1.06 (1.00-1.12)

1.15 (1.07-1.23)

Single parenthood

6155

Reference

1.17 (0.80-1.72)

1.52 (1.14-1.80)

1.35 (1.05-1.74)

Educational level mother: Higher academic

655

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Higher vocational

1020

 

1.36 (0.71-2.60)

1.06 (0.77-1.60)

1.32 (0.86-2.02)

Intermediate vocational

1952

 

1.40 (0.76-2.56)

1.20 (0.90-1.75)

1.56 (1.05-2.33)

Lower vocational

1318

 

1.70 (0.91-3.18)

1.30 (0.96-1.94)

1.99 (1.31-3.01)

Primary education

414

 

2.23 (1.08-4.64)

1.35 (0.92-2.24)

2.21 (1.33-3.66)

p-value for trend

  

0.02

0.01

0.001

Educational level father: Higher academic

655

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Higher vocational

1020

 

1.06 (0.58-1.94)

1.07 (0.80-1.43)

1.14 (0.77-1.69)

Intermediate vocational

1952

 

1.37 (0.80-2.35)

1.06 (0.81-1.39)

1.14 (0.79-1.65)

Lower vocational

1318

 

1.81 (1.04-3.13)

1.29 (0.98-1.70)

1.54 (1.05-2.25)

Primary education

414

 

1.80 (0.87-3.74)

1.68 (1.16-2.45)

2.00 (1.22-3.25)

p-value for trend

  

0.01

0.002

0.008

Employment: At least one parent employed

4852

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Both parents unemployed

745

 

1.00 (0.62-1.60)

1.15 (0.89-1.49)

1.22 (0.90-1.66)

School neighbourhood SES: High

1861

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Mid-high

1678

 

0.81 (0.58-1.14)

1.00 (0.79-1.28)

0.93 (0.66-1.30)

Mid-low

1524

 

1.14 (0.85-1.51)

1.10 (0.87-1.40)

0.95 (0.67-1.33)

Low

1313

 

0.84 (0.61-1.15)

1.13 (0.90-1.43)

1.07 (0.74-1.54)

p-value for trend

  

0.17

0.55

0.18

  1. Footnotes Table 2: # Analyses adjusted for child gender, age, and national origin. § N varies due to missing data in the SES indicators, total n = 6376.
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