Table 3.

Perceived stress and its association with SES adjusted for negative life events and coping among boys

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
	β	Std. β	SE	β	Std. β	SE	β	Std. β	SE	β	Std. β	SE
Household income (in 1000 Dkr)	-0.001***	-0.106	0.000	-0.001**	-0.089	0.000	-0.001**	-0.086	0.000	-0.001**	-0.078	0.000
% of total income effect mediated	-			15.6%			18.9%			36.9%
				(Sobels test = 3.22, p < 0.01)			(Sobels tests = 0.37, p = 0.71)			(Sobels test = 5.66, p < 0.01)
Parental education
Primary school (< 10 years)	reference			reference			Reference			reference
High School/vocational training (10–12 years)	-0.399	-0.084	0.211	-0.360	-0.125	0.212	-0.304	-0.064	0.195	-0.267	-0.056	0.192
Higher education (kvu/mvu) (13–15 years)	-0.425	-0.084	0.222	-0.365	-0.130	0.229	-0.287	-0.057	0.205	-0.231	-0.046	0.202
University (> 15 years)	-0.739*	-0.071	0.326	-0.578	-0.103	0.333	-0.605*	-0.058	0.301	-0.451	-0.043	0.298
% of total educational effect mediated	-			22.8%			28.2%			50.0%
				(Sobels test = 2.70, p < 0.01)			(Sobels test = 2.90, p < 0.01)			(Sobels test = 4.15, p < 0.01)

* .05 > p > .01; ** .01 > p > .001; *** p ≤ .001.

Ordinary Least Squares regression. (n = 1445).

For each SES measure (i.e. household income and parental education) the following four models where carried out adjusted for confounders (no. siblings, parents cohabitation status & ethnicity):

Model 1: Individual SES measure and perceived stress.

Model 2: Individual SES measure + life events.

Model 3: Individual SES measure + active and avoidance coping.

Model 4: Individual SES measure + life events, active and avoidance coping.