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Table 3 Odds ratios of depressive symptoms in adolescence, measured as DSM-IV criteria-based, 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

3.0 (2.1-4.2)

Parental education

   

High

1.0

1.0

1.0

Intermediate

1.1 (0.8-1.7)

1.1 (0.8-1.7)

1.1 (0.8-1.7)

Low

1.2 (0.6-2.5)

1.2 (0.6-2.5)

1.2 (0.6-2.5)

Parental occupation

   

Higher non-manual workers

1.0

1.0

1.0

Intermediate non-manual workers

1.6 (0.8-3.0)

1.6 (0.8-3.0)

1.6 (0.8-3.0)

Lower non-manual workers

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

1.1 (0.5-2.3)

Skilled workers

1.0 (0.5-2.1)

1.0 (0.5-2.1)

0.9 (0.4-2.1)

Unskilled workers

1.4 (0.7-2.8)

1.4 (0.7-2.8)

1.3 (0.7-2.7)

Self-employed

1.1 (0.5-2.7)

1.1 (0.5-2.7)

1.0 (0.4-2.6)

Others

1.5 (0.5-4.4)

1.5 (0.5-4.4)

1.4 (0.4-4.3)

Parental country of birth

   

Sweden

1.0

1.0

1.0

Outside Sweden

1.0 (0.5-1.8)

1.0 (0.5-1.8)

1.0 (0.5-1.8)

Living arrangements

   

Lives with two or more adults

1.0

1.0

1.0

Lives exclusively with one adult

2.1 (0.6-7.3)

2.1 (0.6-7.3)

2.1 (0.6-7.2)

Parental employment status

   

Employed

1.0

1.0

1.0

Unemployed

1.3 (0.4-4.4)

1.3 (0.4-4.4)

1.3 (0.4-4.4)

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