Young adults’ self-sufficiency in daily life: the relationship with contextual factors and health indicators

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Results of the cross-sectional ordinal regression analyses evaluating associations of contextual factors and indicators of health status with overall self-sufficiency (n = 755)

	Univariable model of self-sufficiency^a	Multivariable model of self-sufficiency^b
	OR (95%CI)*	OR (95%CI)*
Contextual factors
Socio-demographics and context
Age (in years)	0.85 (0.80; 0.91)	0.91 (0.83; 1.00)
Gender
Male	Ref.	Ref.
Female	1.01 (0.75; 1.37)	1.09 (0.71; 1.65)
Intermediate vocational education^c
Level 1–3	Ref.	Ref.
Level 4	0.62 (0.47; 0.83)	0.72 (0.47; 1.09)
Ethnic background
Dutch	Ref.	Ref.
Non-Dutch	1.28 (0.97; 1.69)	0.98 (0.66; 1.45)
Living situation
With caretaker	Ref.	Ref.
Not with caretaker	0.31 (0.20; 0.49)	0.65 (0.34; 1.25)
Perceived school performance
> Average	Ref.	Ref.
≤ Average	0.39 (0.29; 0.52)	0.79 (0.54; 1.15)
Risk behaviors
Current smoking
No	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	0.60 (0.44; 0.80)	0.81 (0.51; 1.27)
Binge drinking^d
0 times/ 4 weeks	Ref.	Ref.
≥ 1 time/4 weeks	0.76 (0.58; 0.99)	0.76 (0.51; 1.13)
Cannabis use
0 times/4 weeks	Ref.	Ref.
≥ 1 time/4 weeks	0.44 (0.31; 0.64)	0.57 (0.33; 0.99)
Criminal behavior
0 times/year	Ref.	Ref.
≥ 1 time/year	0.81 (0.55; 1.21)	1.19 (0.70; 2.02)
Truancy
0 h	Ref.	Ref.
1–5 h	0.84 (0.62; 1.14)	0.95 (0.64; 1.41)
≥ 6 h	0.37 (0.23; 0.59)	0.59 (0.32; 1.11)
Indicators of health status
Sickness absence (days/8 weeks)	0.89 (0.86; 0.91)	0.94 (0.91; 0.98)
Depressive symptoms (CES-D scale)	0.87 (0.85; 0.88)	0.87 (0.85; 0.89)

Note: Self-sufficiency was entered as an ordinal variable ranging from self-sufficient on all life-domains, self-sufficient on ten life-domains, self-sufficient on nine life-domains and self-sufficient on eight or fewer life-domains. Odds ratios represent the odds for a participant to be allocated within a higher self-sufficiency category if they would have scored one point higher on the predictor variable. Bold numbers indicate a statistically significant (p < 0.05) association
^*Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) from ordinal regression analyses
^a The predictor variables were entered separately in the univariable model
^b The predictor variables were entered simultaneously in the multivariable model
^c Intermediate vocational education consists of four levels: 1 = assistant training; 2 = basic vocational training; 3 = vocational training; 4 = middle-management training
^d Binge drinking was defined as consuming five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion

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