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Table 3 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of school dropout by recalled low control beliefs, adjusted for age, sex (model 1), and additionally adjusted for family composition, and ethnic and socioeconomic background (model 2)

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

 

Controls (n = 330)

Cases (n = 330)

Model 1

Model 2

 

%

%

  

Mastery

 

*

  

  High

40.0

26.7

1.00

1.00

  Medium

34.5

30.6

1.28 (0.87-1.88)

1.27 (0.86-1.88)

  Low

25.5

42.7

2.44 (1.66-3.59)

2.15 (1.44-3.20)

Self-efficacy

 

*

  

  High

39.4

26.1

1.00

1.00

  Medium

35.8

33.0

1.39 (0.95-2.04)

1.30 (0.88-1.92)

  Low

24.8

40.9

2.51 (1.70-3.71)

2.24 (1.50-3.35)

  1. *p ≤0.05 (chi2-test); percentages are column percentages.