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Table 4 Associations between demographics, clusters of risk behaviours and depressive symptomsa

From: Depressive symptoms and clustering of risk behaviours among adolescents and young adults attending vocational education: a cross-sectional study

 

Substance useb

Problem behavioursb

Depressive symptomsb

 

Beta coefficient (95% CI)

Beta coefficient (95% CI)

Beta coefficient (95% CI)

 

N = 432

N = 432

N = 534

Age

0.04 (−0.02 – 0.09)

0.11 (0.05 – 0.16)

0.20 (−0.19 – 0.60)

Gender (ref. = boys)

−0.10 (−0.33 – 0.10)

−0.16 (−0.34 – 0.01)

3.56 (2.18 – 5.15)

Ethnicity (ref. = Dutch)

−0.51 (−0.72 – -0.29)

0.31 (0.11 – 0.53)

1.34 (−0.55 – 3.25)

Being a parent (ref. = No)

0.14 (−0.26 – 0.61)

0.56 (0.19 – 0.95)

−1.10 (−3.84 – 2.51)

  1. Note: Bold numbers indicate significant results at P < .05.
  2. a Linear regression analyses using a bootstrapping method.
  3. b Age, gender, ethnicity and being a parent are included at the same time.
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