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Table 5 Associations between and lifestyle, personal characteristics, peer group and parental relations at age 15 and being bullied at work age 18. Odds ratios (OR) obtained by logistic regression with 95 % confidence intervals

From: Bullied at school, bullied at work: a prospective study

  

Model 1 Bivariate

Model 2aAdjusted for covariates in same domain

Model 3aAdjusted for covariates in same domain and bullying

Model 4** Forward stepwise selection

  

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Gender

     

 Girls

Ref

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 Boys

 

2.39 (1.68-3.41)

 

2.11 (1.44-3.09)

2.23 (1.48-3.35)

Lifestyle factors

     

 Body Mass Index

     

 Underweight

 

1.05 (0.32-3.47)

1.07 (0.32-3.55)

0.95 (0.28-3.23)

0.84 (0.24-2.95)

 Normal weight

Ref

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Overweight

 

1.95 (1.17-3.23)

1.94 (1.17-3.23)

1.84 (1.10-3.09)

1.77 (1.04-3.02)

 Obesity

 

2.04 (0.84-4.96)

2.14 (0.88-5.22)

1.76 (0.71-4.35)

1.43 (0.56-3.64)

 Smoking

     

 Does not smoke

Ref

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Smoke

 

1.98 (1.02-3.85)

2.16 (1.10-4.24)

2.23 (1.12-4.43)

1.97 (0.94-4.11)

Social position in peer group

     

 School performance

     

 School performance above median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

removed

 School performance below median

 

1.33 (0.91-1.94)

1.11 (0.74-1.68)

1.08 (0.71-1.64)

 

 Self-assessed position in school class

    

removed

 Self-assessed position in school class above median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

 Self-assessed position in school class below median

 

1.84 (1.24-2.73)

1.78 (1.18-2.68)

1.49 (0.98-2.26)

 

Parental relations

     

 Over-protection

     

 Parents less over-protective than median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

removed

 Parents more over-protective than median

 

1.40 (0.97-2.02)

1.11 (0.75-1.64)

1.03 (0.69-1.54)

 

 Family Functioning

     

 Family functioning above median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

removed

 Family Functioning below median

 

2.03 (1.37-3.01)

1.95 (1.29-2.95)

1.87 (1.23-2.85)

1.69 (1.10-2.59)

Personal psychological characteristics

     

Self-esteem

     

 Self-esteem above median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Self-esteem below median

 

1.65 (1.11-2.45)

1.37 (0.90-2.10)

1.29 (0.84-2.00)

1.60 (1.03-2.49)

Sense of coherence (meaningfulness)

     

 Sense of coherence above median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

removed

 Sense of coherence below median

 

1.99 (1.36-2.91)

1.70 (1.13-2.57)

1.56 (1.03-2.37)

 

Active coping

     

 Active coping above median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

removed

 Active coping below median

 

1.40 (0.96-2.05)

1.13 (0.75-1.71)

1.09 (0.72-1.64)

 

Avoidance coping

     

 Avoidance coping below median

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

removed

 Avoidance coping above median

 

1.32 (0.90-1.92)

1.17 (0.79-1.74)

1.14 (0.76-1.69)

 

Socioeconomic status

     

 Household income 2003

     

 Lowest tertile

 

2.06 (1.29-3.28)

1.89 (1.15-3.11)

1.64 (0.96-2.80)

1.54 (0.89-2.67)

 Middle tertile

 

2.17 (1.41-3.33)

2.16 (1.39-3.36)

1.95 (1.22-3.10)

2.10 (1.30-3.39)

 Highest tertile

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Household highest attained education 2003

    

removed

 <10 year

 

1.83 (1.07-3.11)

1.44 (0.81-2.55)

1.39 (0.73-2.65)

 

 10-12 years

 

1.13 (0.77-1.66)

0.94 (0.63-1.40)

1.01 (0.66-1.55)

 

 >13 years

Ref.

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

Being bullied at age 14–15

     

 Not being bullied at age 14–15

    

1.00

 Being bullied at age 14–15

    

2.09 (1.39-3.14)

 Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-fit

    

Chi-square 166.26 = 0.48)

 Nagelkerke Pseudo R2

    

0.09

  1. aAdjusted for other factors in the same domain
  2. ** Adjusted for all variables with a p-value < 0.20