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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2022 Nov 20;93(6):475–484. doi: 10.1111/josh.13274

Table 3.

Associations Between School Climate (10th grade) and Health Outcomes (11th grade), Los Angeles, CA (N=1114).

30-day Alcohol Use [OR, 95%CI] 30-day Cannabis Use [OR, 95%CI] Alcohol Misuse
[β, 95%CI]
Cannabis Misuse
[β, 95%CI]
Delinquent Behaviors [OR, 95%CI] Violence [OR, 95%CI] High Risk Sex
[OR, 95%CI]
Victim of Bullying
[OR, 95%CI]
Bullied Others
[OR, 95%CI]
School environment
 Order* 0.81 [0.72, 0.92] 0.74 [0.59, 0.91] −0.22 [−0.44, 0] −0.23 [−0.39, −0.07] 0.79 [0.68, 0.93] 0.83 [0.68, 1.01] 0.65 [0.54, 0.78] 0.80 [0.71, 0.90] 0.79 [0.68, 0.91]
 Safety** 0.92 [0.77, 1.10] 0.91 [0.74, 1.12] 0.17 [0.39, 0.05] 0.14 [0.30, 0.02] 0.92 [0.8, 1.06] 0.95 [0.79, 1.14] 0.98 [0.81, 1.20] 0.79 [0.70, 0.89] 0.76 [0.67, 0.87]
Teacher relationship
 Teacher respect for students 0.73
[0.62, 0.85]
0.76
[0.63, 0.92]
−0.34
[−0.54, −0.15]
−0.23
[−0.35, −0.12]
0.75
[0.64, 0.88]
0.85
[0.73, 0.99]
0.80
[0.66, 0.97]
0.88
[0.73, 1.05]
0.82
[0.69, 0.97]
 Teacher support for college 0.82
[0.70, 0.97]
0.90
[0.75, 1.08]
−0.24
[−0.43, −0.05]
−0.22
[−0.43, −0.02]
0.90
[0.78, 1.04]
0.88
[0.74, 1.06]
0.86
[0.68, 1.09]
0.97
[0.82, 1.14]
0.95
[0.81, 1.10]
Disciplinary Style ***
 Average reference reference reference reference reference reference reference reference reference
 Authoritative 0.70
[0.44, 1.11]
0.65
[0.32, 1.33]
0.33
[0.66, 0.01]
0.13
[0.47, 0.21]
0.62
[0.39, 1.00]
0.99 [0.60, 1.63] 0.62 [0.36, 1.07] 0.62
[0.42, 0.93]
0.86
[0.57, 1.30]
 Authoritarian 1.45
[0.80, 2.62]
3.26
[1.63, 6.52]
0.42
[0.38, 1.22]
0.5
[0.45, 1.45]
1.36
[0.71, 2.63]
1.22 [0.58, 2.55] 0.44 [0.11, 1.73] 0.84
[0.44, 1.60]
0.63
[0.23, 1.72]
 Permissive 0.30
[0.08, 1.05]
1.15
[0.34, 3.87]
0.02
[1.32, 1.36]
0.11
[0.51, 0.73]
0.48
[0.11, 2.12]
1.34 [0.40, 4.46] 0.63 [0.13, 3.00] 1.32
[0.62, 2.83]
0.56
[0.18, 1.76]
 Neglectful 1.30
[0.90, 1.88]
2.71
[1.79, 4.12]
0.43
[0.01, 0.85]
0.47
[0.16, 0.77]
1.99
[1.34, 2.97]
1.36 [0.83, 2.23] 1.75 [1.09, 2.81] 0.77
[0.56, 1.05]
1.02
[0.74, 1.42]

Abbreviations: OR – Odds Ratio, β – regression coefficient. Bold font indicates estimate significant to p<0.05. All models adjusted for: student gender, Latinx ethnicity, USA birthplace, native English language, parental birthplace, parental employment, parental education, parenting style, outcome measure at 9th grade.

*

Wong et al.’s measure of school order with higher scores indicates a more positive school climate 34.

**

Chicago Consortium on School Research Student Perceptions of Safety Scale, higher scores indicating greater perceived safety 36.

***

School Disciplinary Style Score 22.