Table 4 Logistic regression models estimating the associations (OR and 95 % CI) between mental health and dropout specifically for each educational level in the full sample and stratified by gender
From: Mental health and school dropout across educational levels and genders: a 4.8-year follow-up study
Full samplea | Femalesb | Malesb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 1524 | n = 829 | n = 695 | ||||
Mental health | ||||||
Poor mental health / Vocational education | 1.8 | (1.0–3.2) | 1.8 | (0.8–4.4) | 1.6 | (0.7–3.7) |
Poor mental health / General secondary | 1.1 | (0.3–3.6) | 1.7 | (0.4–7.7) | 0.7 | (0.1–6.0) |
Poor mental health / Higher education | 2.0 | (1.0–4.2) | 1.2 | (0.5–3.1) | 5.2 | (1.6–17.3) |
Good mental health / Same educational level | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Educational level | ||||||
Vocational education | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
General secondary | 0.2 | (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.3) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.5) |
Higher education | 1.0 | (0.6–2.0) | 1.5 | (0.6–3.4) | 0.6 | (0.2–1.7) |
Age | ||||||
16–20 | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
21–25 | 0.6 | (0.3–1.0) | 0.5 | (0.2–1.1) | 0.6 | (0.3–1.2) |
26–30 | 0.5 | (0.3–1.1) | 0.4 | (0.1–1.1) | 0.8 | (0.3–2.1) |
Parental education | ||||||
Elementary school | 1.3 | (0.7–2.7) | 1.2 | (0.5–3.4) | 1.7 | (0.6–4.2) |
Upper secondary | 0.9 | (0.6–1.4) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.8) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.6) |
Higher Education | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Parental income | ||||||
Low | 2.9 | (1.7–4.7) | 3.8 | (1.7–8.3) | 2.4 | (1.2–4.8) |
Middle | 1.5 | (0.9–2.5) | 2.2 | (1.0–5.0) | 1.0 | (0.5–2.0) |
High | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Gender | ||||||
Females | 0.8 | (0.5–1.2) | ||||
Males | 1.0 | Reference | ||||