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Table 2 Associations of socioeconomic background, ethnic background, family composition and sex with less than good health, low mastery, and low self-efficacy in cases and controls, separately (row percentages) a

From: Low control beliefs in relation to school dropout and poor health: findings from the SIODO case–control study

 

% less than good health

% low masteryb

% low self-efficacyb

 

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Socioeconomic background

*

 

*

   

  High

17.3

10.8

32.7

23.3

36.5

27.5

  Intermediate

25.3

6.1

38.0

24.3

37.0

22.6

  Low

30.4

12.6

54.8

29.5

47.6

24.2

Ethnic background

      

  Autochthonous backgroundc

25.3

9.6

42.0

25.2

39.9

25.2

  Non-western background

21.7

11.8

45.8

29.4

47.9

17.6

Family composition

   

*

  

  Two parents

24.9

9.4

39.5

22.5

36.0

25.2

  One parent

24.3

12.5

53.5

53.1

59.2

21.9

Sex

      

  Women

29.3

8.0

45.5

23.5

41.0

26.0

  Men

17.7

12.3

38.5

28.5

40.8

23.1

  1. *p ≤0.05 (chi2-test).
  2. aMean age differed significantly between those with (19.4 years) and without (18.9 years) less than good health.
  3. bMastery and general self-efficacy were left in three categories, but only the percent in the lowest tertile is shown.
  4. cIncluding a western migration background.