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Table 3 Risk for co-occurring adversities in pre- and primary-school children participating in the IDEFICS study (2009–2010) (N=4637)

From: Prevalence of negative life events and chronic adversities in European pre- and primary-school children: results from the IDEFICS study

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

1. being immigrant (not being immigrant as RC)

               

2. low maternal education (no low maternal education as RC)

1.64*

              

3. family economic hardship (no family economic hardship as RC)

1.64**

3.43*

             

4. non-traditional family structure (traditional family structure as RC)

NS

1.69*

NS

            

5. only-children (children with siblings as RC)

NS

1.34**

NS

2.89*

           

6. latchkey care (no latchkey care as RC)

NS

0.36*

0.085*

1.63*

2.09*

          

7. bad family climate (no bad family climate as RC)

NS

2.54*

2.74**

NS

NS

2.74**

         

8. teenage pregnancy (no teenage pregnancy as RC)

2.01**

4.19*

NS

4.91*

2.31*

3.04*

3.43**

        

9. peer problems (no peer problems as RC)

1.68**

1.46**

1.99*

1.53*

NS

NS

6.38*

2.07**

       

10. parental divorce/separation (no parental divorce/separation as RC)

NS

1.39**

1.48**

92.5*

3.57*

2.65*

1.96**

5.99*

NS

      

11. addition of a new family member (no addition of new family member as RC)

0.67**

NS

NS

4008*

NS

1.61**

NS

4.34*

NS

7.92*

     

12. parental job loss (no parental job loss as RC)

NS

NS

5.18*

NS

1.34**

NS

2.22**

2.68*

1.4**

1.99*

1.47**

    

13. severe diseases/ accidents of the child (no severe diseases/accidents as RC)

NS

NS

1.83**

NS

1.85*

NS

NS

NS

1.57**

1.53**

1.45**

1.93*

   

14. serious illness of a family member (no serious illness family member as RC)

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

2.7*

NS

  

15. major frustrations at school (no major frustrations at school as RC)

NS

1.52**

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

2.86*

1.7*

1.81*

2.27*

2.48*

NS

 
  1. Only significant OR (univariate odds ratios) are presented. * significant at p<0.002 level; ** borderline significant (p>0.002 and p<0.05); NS not significant. This table presents the risk for co-occurrence of a specific adversity (first row) if another adversity is already present (first column) vice versa. aRC= reference category.
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