Table 3 Associations of Educational Aspirations with Health, Sociodemographic Background, and Academic Achievement in the 9th Grade: Multilevel Multinomial Logistic Regression
From: Health and educational aspirations in adolescence: a longitudinal study in Finland
Health factors (n = 5.600) | +Sociodemographics (n = 5.525) | +School performance (n = 5.522) | ||||
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Applied for academic track is the reference category | Vocational track | Both tracks | Vocational track | Both tracks | Vocational track | Both tracks |
OR (CI) | OR (CI) | OR (CI) | OR (CI) | OR (CI) | OR (CI) | |
SDQ | ||||||
Normal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slightly raised | 1.94 (1.58–238) | 1.76 (1.45–2.14) | 1.86 (1.50–2.31) | 1.69 (1.38–2.06) | 1.56 (1.20–2.04) | 1.44 (1.16–1.79) |
High difficulty score | 3.08 (2.42–3.91) | 2.41 (1.89–3.06) | 2.49 (1.93–3.23 | 2.15 (1.68–2.75) | 1.59 (1.16–2.19) | 1.54 (1.17–2.02) |
Daily health complaints | ||||||
No symptoms | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
One symptom | 1.08 (0.87–1.22) | 1.07 (0.87–1.31) | 1.04 (0.82–1.32) | 1.08 (0.88–1.33) | 1.12 (0.84–1.50) | 1.13 (0.89–1.42) |
Two or more | 1.45 (1.19–1.76) | 1.22 (0.98–1.52) | 1.07 (0.84–1.38) | 1.22 (0.98–1.53) | 1.03 (0.76–1.40) | 1.19 (0.93–1.52) |
Long-term illness | ||||||
No long-term illness | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Long-term illness | 0.90 (0.73–1.12) | 0.81 (0.66–0.99 | 0.90 (0.72–1.13) | 0.83 (0.67–1.02) | 0.99 (0.74–1.31) | 0.89 (0.71–1.12) |
Medicine prescribed | 1.03 (0.86–1.23) | 0.82 (0.69–0.98) | 1.03 (0.85–1.24) | 0.83 (0.69–0.98) | 1.07 (0.85–1.36) | 0.84 (0.69–1.02) |
Self-rated health | ||||||
Good | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Average or poor | 1.45 (1.19–1.76) | 1.27 (1.04–1-54) | 1.35 (1.10–1.67) | 1.20 (0.98–1.46) | 1.54 (1.18–2.00) | 1.29 (1.03–1.61) |
Gender | ||||||
Girl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Boy | 2.82 (2.42–3.30) | 1.78 (1.54–2.05) | 3.04 (2.58–3.59) | 1.83 (1.58–2.12) | 1.97 (1.60–2.42) | 1.37 (1.17–1.61) |
Immigrant background | ||||||
Native | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Immigrant | 0.92 (0.65–1.30) | 1.24 (0.94–1.65) | 0.87 (0.57–1.32) | 1.24 (0.90–1.70) | ||
Parental employment | ||||||
Both parents working | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Other | 1.30 (1.02–1.65) | 1.07 (0.85–1.35) | 1.32 (0.98–1.79) | 1.07 (0.83–1.39) | ||
Parental education | ||||||
High | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Low | 5.11 (4.22–6.02) | 2.03 (1.73–2.38) | 3.21 (2.62–3.95) | 1.47 (1.23–1.76) | ||
Family structure | ||||||
Nuclear family | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Other | 1.92 (1.63–2.26) | 1.53 (1.31–1.78) | 1.55 (1.27–1.91) | 1.29 (1.09–1.53) | ||
School performance | ||||||
High | 0.05 (0.03–0.08) | 0.19 (0.15–0.24) | ||||
Medium | 1 | 1 | ||||
Low | 35.10 (27.02–45.60) | 9.49 (7.37–12.23) | ||||
AIC / BIC | 10.109.6 / 10.235.6 | 9431.2 / 9609.9 | 7442.5 / 7647.6 | |||