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Table 2 Odds ratios of depressive symptoms in adolescence, measured by Score 17, by social factors, n = 1880

From: Social factors in childhood and risk of depressive symptoms among adolescents - a longitudinal study in Stockholm, Sweden

Social factors

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted for gender OR (95%CI)

Mutually adjusted* OR (95%CI)

Gender

  

Boy

1.0

Girl

3.4 (2.6-4.5)

Parental education

   

High

1.0

1.0

1.0

Intermediate

1.0 (0.7-1.4)

1.0 (0.7-1.4)

0.9 (0.7-1.3)

Low

1.8 (1.1-3.1)

1.7 (1.0-2.8)

1.5 (0.9-2.5)

Parental occupation

   

Higher non-manual workers

1.0

1.0

1.0

Intermediate non-manual workers

1.8 (1.0-3.0)

1.8 (1.0-3.2)

1.8 (1.0-3.2)

Lower non-manual workers

1.7 (0.9-3.1)

1.7 (0.9-3.0)

1.6 (0.9-2.9)

Skilled workers

1.4 (0.7-2.7)

1.4 (0.7-2.7)

1.3 (0.7-2.6)

Unskilled workers

2.1 (1.2-3.7)

2.1 (1.2-3.7)

2.0 (1.1-3.6)

Self-employed

2.2 (1.2-3.7)

2.1 (1.0-4.2)

1.9 (0.9-3.9)

Others

1.8 (0.7-4.6)

1.7 (0.7-4.2)

1.3 (0.5-3.5)

Parental country of birth

   

Sweden

1.0

1.0

1.0

Outside Sweden

1.3 (0.8-2.0)

1.2 (0.8-1.9)

1.1 (0.7-1.7)

Living arrangements

   

Lives with two or more adults

1.0

1.0

1.0

Lives exclusively with one adult

2.8 (1.1-7.1)

3.0 (1.1-7.8)

2.8 (1.1-7.5)

Parental employment status

   

Employed

1.0

1.0

1.0

Unemployed

2.6 (1.1-6.1)

2.1 (0.9-5.0)

1.8 (0.7-4.5)

  1. *All social factors are adjusted for each other and for gender.