Table 2.

Logistic regression estimates (OR) of predictors of mental well-being indicators [OR (95% CI)] (n = 471)

Predictor variables	High level of need to belong	High level of loneliness	High level of psychosomatic symptoms	High level of self-esteem	High level of shyness
Father’s schooling
College/University degreea	1	1	1	1	1
High school level or below	0.9 (0.6 – 1.4)	1.7 (1.1 – 2.7)*	1.4 (0.9 – 2.0)	0.6 (0.4 – 0.9)*	1.5 (1.0 – 2.3)
Mother’s schooling
College/University degreea	1	1	1	1	1
High school level or below	0.9 (0.6 – 1.4)	1.1 (0.7 – 1.6)	0.9 (0.6 – 1.3)	0.7 (0.4 – 0.9)*	1.7 (1.1 – 2.6)**
Father’s employment status
Non-manuala	1	1	1	1	1
Self-employed	1.3 (0.7 – 2.2)	1.1 (0.6 – 2.0)	1.6 (0.9 – 2.8)	0.8 (0.5 – 1.4)	0.9 (0.5 – 1.6)
Manual	1.1 (0.7 – 1.9)	1.6 (1.0 – 2.8)	1.9 (1.1 – 3.2)*	0.4 (0.3 – 0.7)***	2.3 (1.3 – 3.9)**
Unemployed	3.0 (1.2 – 7.7)*	2.8 (1.1 – 7.6)*	1.2 (0.5 – 2.8)	0.4 (0.2 – 0.9)*	1.6 (0.6 – 4.1)
Mother’s employment status
Non-manuala	1	1	1	1	1
Self-employed	0.7 (0.4 – 1.2)	0.7 (0.4 – 1.4)	0.8 (0.4 – 1.4)	0.8 (0.5 – 1.5)	0.8 (0.4 – 1.5)
Manual	0.8 (0.5 – 1.2)	1.1 (0.7 – 1.8)	1.0 (0.6 – 1.5)	0.4 (0.2 – 0.6)***	1.8 (1.1 – 2.9)*
Unemployed	0.9 (0.5 – 1.6)	2.2 (1.2 – 4.0)*	1.4 (0.8 – 2.4)	0.5 (0.3 – 0.8)**	3.4 (1.8 – 6.5)***
Subjective SES
Upper/upper-middle classa	1	1	1	1	1
Middle class	0.5 (0.3 – 1.0)	4.2 (2.0 – 8.8)***	2.0 (1.0 – 3.8)*	0.1 (0.1 – 0.3)***	2.8 (1.4 – 5.7)**
Lower/lower-middle class	0.6 (0.4 – 1.1)	2.3 (1.4 – 3.9)**	1.4 (0.9 – 2.4)	0.3 (0.2 – 0.6)***	2.3 (1.4 – 4.0)**
Gender
Malea	1	1	1	1	1
Female	2.1 (1.4 – 3.1)***	0.9 (0.6 – 1.3)	2.6 (1.8 – 4.0)***	0.3 (0.2 – 0.5)***	1.1 (0.8 – 1.7)
Age (cont.)	0.9 (0.8 – 1.0)*	1.2 (1.0 – 1.4)*	1.0 (0.9 – 1.2)	1.2 (1.1 – 1.4)*	1.0 (0.8 – 1.1)
Type of school
Technical collegea	1	1	1	1	1
Vocational education	0.5 (0.2-1.1)	0.9 (0.4-2.2)	0.7 (0.3-1.6)	3.2 (1.2-8.2)*	1.2 (0.5-3.3)
Grammar school	0.8 (0.4-1.7)	0.5 (0.2-1.6)	0.6 (0.3-1.3)	3.9 (1.5-9.9)**	0.5 (0.2-1.3)

^aReference category; *p <0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.