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. 2014 May 30;9(5):e98680. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098680

Table 6. Association between social exclusion indices and known risk factors and correlates: standardised regression coefficients and p-values.

Index1Amsterdam Index2Den Haag enRotterdam Index3Utrecht IndexSCPa
(n = 6368) (n = 9238) (n = 3763) (n = 574)
β p β p β p β p
Educational level Low educational level (no education and primary school) 0.22 ** 0.24 ** 0.24 ** 0.12 **
Ethnic background Non-Western ethnic background 0.28 ** 0.34 ** 0.33 ** 0.18 **
Family situation Single parent with underage child(ren) 0.11 ** 0.13 ** 0.10 ** 0.13 **
Living alone 0.14 ** 0.13 ** 0.15 ** 0.16 **
Labour marketposition (54 years oryounger) Unemployed and/or recipient of social securityor disability benefits. (SCP:Receives unemployment benefit,disability benefit or social assistance benefit) 0.34 ** 0.36 ** 0.32 ** -0.03 ns
No paid job 0.19 ** 0.19 ** 0.23 ** 0.02 ns
Income Income below modal (1,700 Euros net per month) 0.41 ** 0.41 ** 0.38 ** 0.23 **
Health Self-rated health fair or poor 0.34 ** 0.38 ** 0.37 ** 0.19 **
Diagnosed with at least one chronic condition.(SCP: Suffers from a disability or a chronic condition) 0.19 ** 0.19 ** 0.18 ** 0.09 *
Impaired in daily activities at home,at school, at work or in theirleisure time owing to chronic conditions 0.29 ** 0.29 ** 0.25 **
High risk for anxiety and depressiondisorder. (SCP: Low subjective well-being) 0.43 ** 0.45 ** 0.43 ** 0.30 **
Self-reliance Received help in completing thehealth questionnaire.(SCP: Needs help filling in forms) 0.16 ** 0.16 ** 0.18 ** 0.06 ns
Low perceived life control & 0.31 ** 0.46 **
Neighbourhood Living in deprived neighbourhood 0.15 ** 0.24 ** 0.24 **

*Significant effect, p<0.05;

**Significant effect, p<0.01,

ns Not significant, p> = 0.05.

% Kessler psychological distress scale (K10), score 30 or higher.

& Pearlin & Schooler Mastery Scale, score < = 19.

a

Vrooman and Hoff [10].

Explanatory note. Linear regression analyses were used to assess relationships between social exclusion indices and known risk factors and correlates. Construct validity was considered satisfactory if at least 75% of the associations were in correspondence with predefined hypotheses.