Building school-based social capital through ‘We Act - Together for Health’ – a quasi-experimental study

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Effect of We Act on vertical social capital at the six-month follow-up

	Vertical social capital (%)				Effect (Intervention vs. Control)^a
	Baseline		Follow-up
Overall n = 548	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Intervention					0.67 (0.37–1.22)	0.183
Vertical social capital
High	72	71	66	69
Moderate	16	15	13	16
Low	11	14	21	15

OR odds ratio
*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001
^a) At the individual level, the model adjusted for gender, age, migration status, baseline values for vertical social capital and for SES. At the class level, the model adjusted for grade, while at the school level, the model adjusted for the intervention. The baseline values for vertical social capital appeared as a significant covariate in the final model

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