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.
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.