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Table 5 Mild 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

1.43 (1.29-1.59)

1.40 (1.26-1.55)

1.51 (1.38-1.66)

1.49 (1.36-1.64)

1.53 (1.40-1.67)

1.76 (1.59-1.96)

Medium education employed

0.98 (0.89-1.08)

0.95 (0.87-1.05)

1.06 (0.97-1.16)

1.05 (0.96-1.15)

1.09 (0.99-1.19)

0.99 (0.89-1.09)

Medium education unemployed

1.35 (1.21-1.50)

1.33 (1.19-1.48)

1.55 (1.39-1.72)

1.60 (1.43-1.79)

1.64 (1.47-1.83)

1.46 (1.30-1.63)

Low education employed

1.13 (0.97-1.32)

1.16 (0.98-1.36)

1.17 (0.99-1.39)

1.20 (1.02-1.42)

1.24 (1.02-1.50)

1.21 (0.98-1.50)

Low education unemployed

1.52 (1.28-1.82)

1.67 (1.38-2.03)

1.62 (1.34-1.96)

1.92 (1.57-2.35)

1.99 (1.61-2.47)

1.73 (1.44-2.09)

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

1.22 (1.12-1.33)

1.36 (1.24-1.48)

1.35 (1.25-1.46)

1.47 (1.36-1.60)

1.44 (1.33-1.55)

1.48 (1.37-1.59)

Medium education employed

1.05 (0.97-1.12)

1.09 (1.01-1.17)

1.09 (1.02-1.17)

1.16 (1.09-1.23)

1.15 (1.08-1.23)

1.13 (1.05-1.22)

Medium education unemployed

1.36 (1.25-1.47)

1.49 (1.38-1.62)

1.52 (1.40-1.65)

1.55 1.42-1.68)

1.56 (1.43-1.69)

1.48 (1.35-1.61)

Low education employed

1.16 (1.03-1.31)

1.16 (1.02-1.32)

1.13 (0.96-1.29)

1.17 (1.02-1.33)

1.30 (1.12-1.52)

1.21 (1.06-1.38)

Low education unemployed

1.40 (1.22-1.60)

1.53 (1.32-1.78)

1.63 (1.40-1.90)

1.68 (1.43-1.99)

1.83 (1.54-2.18)

1.93 (1.69-2.20)

N

47049

49236

51713

54005

54035

51066

  1. Reference group: employed parents with high education.