Table 2.

Multivariate associations with NEET status among young adults seeking help for mental health problems (n=526)

	Base model C-S R2=0.10*				+Gender interaction terms C-S R2=0.11*
	B (SE)	OR	95% CI	p Value	B (SE)	OR	95% CI	p Value
Male	0.76 (0.27)	2.13	1.26 to 3.60	0.005	1.50 (0.46)	4.50	1.81 to 11.16	0.001
Age 20–25 years	0.77 (0.26)	2.16	1.30 to 3.60	0.003	1.04 (0.34)	2.82	1.44 to 5.51	0.002
Economic hardship	0.47 (0.27)	1.60	0.95 to 2.69	0.080	0.45 (0.27)	1.57	0.93 to 2.68	0.095
Criminal charges	0.81 (0.35)	2.24	1.13 to 4.42	0.020	1.36 (0.51)	3.84	1.43 to 10.34	0.008
Cannabis risk	0.20 (0.27)	1.22	0.72 to 2.05	0.082	0.57 (0.35)	1.78	0.90 to 3.49	0.100
Depression score	0.10 (0.02)	1.10	1.05 to 1.15	0.000	0.07 (0.03)	1.07	1.01 to 1.14	0.025
Age group×gender					−0.52 (0.52)	0.60	0.22 to 1.65	0.318
Criminal charges×gender					−0.97 (0.70)	0.38	0.10 to 1.47	0.161
Cannabis risk×gender					−0.92 (0.55)	0.39	0.13 to 1.17	0.094
Depression×gender					0.07 (0.05)	1.07	0.97 to 1.18	0.191

Bold=p<0.05. Base model: Nag R²=0.16, −2LL: 428.76, model χ² (6)=52.67, p<0.001, step 2 (+Gender interaction terms): Nag R²=0.18, −2LL: 419.89, model χ² (10)=61.54, p<0.001, Δχ² (4)=8.87, p=0.064.

*p<0.001.

NEET, Not in Education, Employment or Training.