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. 2014 Dec 18;37(4):573–580. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu095

Table 3.

Odds ratio of health complaints, poor quality of relationships with parents, teachers and peers and smoking and drinking among a population of 15-year-old adolescents who (a) have a low school attachment (in comparison to those who have high/neutral school attachment) and (b) feel not being treated fairly by teachers (in comparison to those who feel treated fairly/neither fairly nor unfairly

Females
Males
OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
a. Low school attachment
 Health complaintsa 1.08 0.98–1.18 0.072 1.24 1.14–1.35 <0.001
 Poor quality of relationship with motherb 1.85 1.75–1.96 <0.001 1.65 1.50–1.80 <0.001
 Poor quality of relationship with fatherb 1.27 1.15–1.38 <0.001 1.28 1.14–1.42 <0.001
 Low class mates supportc 1.28 1.04–1.51 0.019 1.10 0.96–1.25 0.090
 Having true friendsd 0.99 0.84–1.15 0.529 1.01 0.90–1.17 0.456
 Perceiving schoolwork pressuree 1.27 1.15–1.39 <0.001 2.03 1.89–2.17 <0.001
 Smoking at least once a week 2.75 2.60–2.90 <0.001 1.26 1.12–1.40 <0.001
 At least one alcoholic drink per week 1.49 1.34–1.63 <0.001 1.82 1.67–1.98 <0.001
b. Not being treated fairly by teachers
 Health complaintsa 1.31 1.19–1.44 <0.001 1.02 0.87–1.16 0.414
 Poor quality of relationship with motherb 1.15 0.95–1.37 0.088 1.08 0.94–1.22 0.132
 Poor quality of relationship with fatherb 1.01 0.84–1.17 0.467 1.06 0.93–1.19 0.198
 Low class mates supportc 2.32 2.12–2.53 <0.001 1.28 1.14–1.42 <0.001
 Having true friendsd 1.05 0.89–1.20 0.274 1.05 0.88–1.23 0.275
 Perceiving schoolwork pressuree 2.69 2.54–2.84 <0.001 1.14 1.02–1.27 0.019
 Smoking at least once a week 1.36 1.16–1.55 0.001 1.02 0.84–1.21 0.389
 At least one alcoholic drink per week 1.12 0.91–1.32 0.140 1.09 0.95–1.23 0.108

Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and P-value for each variable considered in the model.

aOR of suffering weekly from at least two of the following symptoms: headache, stomach ache, backache, feeling low, irritability or being bad tempered, nervousness, dizziness and sleeping difficulties.

bDeclaring difficult or very difficult to talk with mother/father about things that really bothers.

cBeing accepted by other school mates (disagree/strongly disagree).

dHaving three or more friends of the same gender.

eFeeling pressured by schoolwork (some/a lot).