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Table 3 Multinomial regression (Adjusted ORs and 95% CI) for the relationship between socioeconomic, demographic factors and familial social capital of adolescents in Ghana

From: Socioeconomic and demographic determinants of familial social capital inequalities: a cross-sectional study of young people in sub-Saharan African context

 

Models 1a

Model 2b

Model 3c

Medium FSB

High FSB

Medium FAS

High FAS

Medium FC

High FC

 

OR

95%C.I

OR

95%C.I

OR

95%C.I

OR

95%C.I

OR

95%C.I

OR

95%C.I

Independent variables

 Gender (ref: female)

  Male

1.349

(1.074–1.694)*

1.549

(1.210–1.983)**

1.166

(0.899–1.513)

1.705

(1.272–2.284)***

0.962

(0.760–1.218)

0.624

(0.474–0.822)**

 Age cohort (ref: older adolescents)

  Young adolescents

1.571

(1.151–2.144)**

1.662

(1.168–2.367)**

1.078

(0.735–1.581)

1.106

(0.717–1.708)

1.160

(0.821–1.639)

1.596

(1.089–2.338)*

 Educational level (ref: basic)

  Secondary

1.712

(1.259–2.329)**

3.323

(2.322–4.757)***

0.823

(0.555–1.220)

0.886

(0.566–1.388)

1.010

(0.714–1.430)

0.820

(0.556–1.211)

 Family structure (ref: single parent)

  Both parents

1.514

(1.139–2.012)**

1.549

(1.137–2.110)**

1.023

(0.741–1.413)

0.972

(0.675–1.399)

1.059

(0.783–1.431)

1.077

(0.763–1.521)

  Stepparents

0.712

(0.419–1.211)

0.919

(0.514–1.641)

0.897

(0.479–.1.680)*

0.762

(0.369–1.574)

1.706

(0.840–3.464)

2.783

(1.339–5.784)*

  Family relatives

1.164

(0.792–1.709)

0.996

(0.644–1.540)

0.687

(0.439–1.074)

0.708

(0.427–1.174)

1.188

(0.781–1.806)

0.857

(0.519–1.415)

 Religion (ref: Muslim)

  Christianity

1.134

(0.821–1.564)

1.209

(0.849–1.723)

1.961

(1.348–2.854)***

1.447

(0.961–2.178)

1.076

(0.768–1.507)

0.849

(0.581–1.240)

 Marital status (ref: never married)

  Married

0.739

(0.401–1.361)

0.395

(0.184–0.848)*

2.300

(0.927–5.708)

2.260

(0.861–5.932)

0.875

(0.443–1.728)

1.173

(0.551–2.499)

  Other

0.398

(0.65–2.435)

1.896

(0.468–7.681)

0.256

(0.62–1.062)

0.385

(0.090–1.651)

0.788

(0.129–4.807)

0.863

(0.116–6.419)

  Separated / broke-up

0.968

(0.298–3.145)

0.559

(0.125–2.498)

0.395

(0.102–1.521)

0.324

(0.060–1.735)

1.811

(0.372–8.817)

2.031

(0.360–11.461)

  Cohabiting

1.149

(0.576–2.295)

1.422

(0.708–2.853)

0.916

(0.451–1.861)

1.243

(0.593–2.606)

1.094

(0.563–2.127)

1.087

(0.484–2.439)

 Ethnicity (ref: Brifour)

  Waala

1.431

(0.807–2.539)

1.920

(0.986–3.738)*

3.476

(1.755–6.885)***

1.816

(0.817–4.040)

0.632

(0.327–1.222)

0.382

(0.177–0.823)*

  Dagaaba

1.079

(0.711–1.639)

1.461

(0.874–2.441)

1.492

(0.916–2.430)

1.751

(0.983–3.118)

0.691

(0.404–1.181)

0.826

(0.455–1.500)

  Sissala

0.669

(0.336–1.331)

0.901

(0.417–1.944)

1.808

(0847–3.857)

1.200

(0.482–2.990)

0.646

(0.288–1.446)

1.206

(0.507–2.865)

  Northern tribes

0.937

(0.541–1.622)

1.235

(0.651–2.344)

1.704

(0.896–3.241)

1.641

(0.775–3.471)

0.552

(0.290–1.053)

0.606

(0.291–1.260)

  Other

1.051

(0.548–2.016)

1.300

(0.627–2.698)

1.883

(0.908–3.908)

2.500

(1.118–5.593)

0.502

(0.253–0.997)*

0.451

(0.199–1.021)

 Socioeconomic status (ref: high)

  Low

0.549

(0.405–0.743)***

0.373

(0.271–0.513)***

0.775

(0.554–1.085)

0.387

(0.270–0.556)***

1.262

(0.942–1.692)

1.673

(1.187–2.359)**

  Medium

0.546

(0.398–0.748)***

0.442

(0.318–0.615)***

0.866

(0.607–1.237)

0.472

(0.322–0.693)***

1.024

(0.759–1.382)

1.190

(0.831–1.704)

N

1881

1457

1704

Model fitting information

  2Log-likelihood

− 1714.550

− 1400.445

− 1588.281

  Nagelkerke Pseudo-R2

0.099

0.072

0.061

  1. ***p < .001; **p ≤ .005; *p < .05
  2. a = adjusted model comprising material affluence (MA), demographic factors (DFs) (gender, age, educational level, family structure, religion, marital status, ethnicity), and family sense of belonging (FSB). b = adjusted model comprising MA, DFs (gender, age, educational level, family structure, religion, marital status, ethnicity) and family autonomy support (FAS). c = adjusted model comprising MA, DFs (gender, age, educational level, family structure, religion, marital status, ethnicity), and family control (FC). The last categories were used as the reference categories for MA and all the DFs. The low category was used as a reference for FSB, FAS, and FC. ‘ref’ = reference