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Table 2 Mean levels (including 95% Confidence Intervals) of perceived stress, number of life events, active and avoidance coping for adolescents by parents’ highest education and household income

From: Can negative life events and coping style help explain socioeconomic differences in perceived stress among adolescents? A cross-sectional study based on the West Jutland cohort study

  

Perceived Stress

Negative life events

Active coping

Avoidance coping

(range: 0–16)

(range: 0–5)

(range: 1–4)

(range: 1–4)

  

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

4.87 (4.75-4.99)

5.64 (5.51-5.78)

0.54 (0.50-0.59)

0.65 (0.60-0.69)

2.65 (2.62-2.68)

2.62 (2.60-2.65)

1.94 (1.92-1.97)

1.97 (1.94-1.99)

Highest educational level in household (2003)

N (percent)

p = 0.071

p = 0.003

p = 0.002

p < 0.000

p = 0.167

p = 0.035

p = 0.669

p = 0.004

Primary school (< 10 years)

229 (10.2)

5.35 (4.97-5.74)

6.46 (6.08-6.84)

0.83 (0.68-1.00)

1.06 (0.89-1.22)

2.66 (2.56-2.75)

2.60 (2.53-2.68)

2.04 (1.96-2.13)

2.04 (1.96-2.11)

High School/Vocational training (10–12 years)

1169 (52.0)

4.81 (4.64-4.98)

5.59 (5.41-5.77)

0.53 (0.47-0.59)

0.59 (0.53-0.66)

2.62 (2.58-2.66)

2.59 (2.56-2.63)

1.93 (1.89-1.96)

1.99 (1.96-2.02)

Higher education (KVU/MVU) (13–15 years)

704 (31.3)

4.76 (4.54-4.97)

5.46 (5.21-5.70)

0.41 (0.35-0.48)

0.50 (0.43-0.57)

2.67 (2.62-2.72)

2.65 (2.60-2.69)

1.92 (1.88-1.97)

1.91 (1.87-1.95)

University or equivalent (> 15 years)

148 (6.6)

4.49 (4.03-4.94)

5.07 (4.57-5.57)

0.31 (0.19-0.43)

0.44 (0.29-0.59)

2.74 (2.63-2.85)

2.79 (2.68-2.90)

1.98 (1.87-2.10)

1.93 (1.84-2.01)

Household income (2003)

 

p < 0.000

p = 0.004

p < 0.000

p < 0.000

p = 0.234

p = 0.003

p = 0.072

p = 0.472

  1. tertile (< 77,382 US $)

593 (26.1)

5.42 (5.18-5.67)

5.86 (5.63-6.09)

1.03 (0.93-1.13)

1.13 (1.02-1.23)

2.59 (2.53-2.64)

2.65 (2.60-2.69)

2.02 (1.97-2.06)

2.00 (1.96-2.05)

  2. tertile (77,382-100,531 US $)

805 (35.4)

4.77 (4.57-4.98)

5.86 (5.63-6.10)

0.41 (0.35-0.47)

0.53 (0.46-0.60)

2.66 (2.61-2.70)

2.55 (2.51-2.60)

1.91 (1.87-1.96)

1.97 (1.93-2.01)

  3. tertile (>100,531 US $)

879 (38.6)

4.55 (4.36-4.74)

5.26 (5.05-5.48)

0.31 (0.26-0.36)

0.35 (0.29-0.40)

2.68 (2.64-2.73)

2.66 (2.62-2.71)

1.92 (1.88-1.96)

1.94 (1.90-1.97)

  1. P-values indicate test for mean differences across the two SES- measures estimated separately for boys and girls.
  2. Stratified by gender.
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