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. 2018 Apr;141(4):e20171767. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-1767

TABLE 3.

aORs of Emotional Health Outcomes by Developmental Moderators, Sex, and Housing Status

Boys Girls Overall
Homeless Nonhomeless Homeless Nonhomeless Homeless Nonhomeless
aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI
Emotional distress
 Positive identity 0.37 0.32–0.43 0.26 0.25–0.27 0.29 0.24–0.34 0.2 0.19–0.2 0.33 0.28–0.39 0.23 0.22–0.24
 Social competency 0.46 0.4–0.53 0.43 0.41–0.44 0.39 0.33–0.46 0.28 0.27–0.3 0.43 0.37–0.50 0.36 0.34–0.37
 Empowerment 0.45 0.4–0.51 0.37 0.36–0.39 0.39 0.34–0.41 0.32 0.31–0.33 0.42 0.37–0.46 0.35 0.34–0.36
 Academic orientation 0.48 0.4–0.56 0.46 0.44–0.48 0.47 0.39–0.57 0.35 0.33–0.36 0.48 0.40–0.57 0.41 0.39–0.42
 Positive teacher 0.6 0.52–0.68 0.55 0.53–0.57 0.47 0.4–0.55 0.41 0.4–0.43 0.54 0.46–0.62 0.48 0.47–0.50
 Parent connectedness 0.55 0.25–1.78 0.27 0.21–0.34 0.2 0.06–0.69 0.26 0.21–0.33 0.38 0.16–1.24 0.27 0.21–0.34
Self-harm
 Positive identity 0.36 0.31–0.42 0.27 0.26–0.29 0.30 0.26–0.36 0.18 0.17–0.19 0.33 0.29–0.39 0.23 0.22–0.24
 Social competency 0.39 0.34–0.46 0.34 0.33–0.36 0.37 0.31–0.43 0.24 0.23–0.25 0.38 0.33–0.45 0.29 0.28–0.31
 Empowerment 0.42 0.37–0.48 0.36 0.35–0.38 0.39 0.34–0.44 0.29 0.28–0.30 0.41 0.36–0.46 0.32 0.31–0.34
 Academic orientation 0.41 0.34–0.49 0.37 0.35–0.39 0.37 0.30–0.44 0.31 0.29–0.32 0.39 0.32–0.47 0.34 0.32–0.36
 Positive teacher 0.62 0.53–0.72 0.50 0.48–0.52 0.55 0.47–0.64 0.41 0.40–0.43 0.59 0.50–0.68 0.46 0.44–0.48
 Parent connectedness 0.34 0.16–0.73 0.18 0.14–0.22 0.18 0.07–0.49 0.22 0.18–0.28 0.26 0.11–0.61 0.20 0.16–0.25
Suicide ideation
 Positive identity 0.26 0.21–0.31 0.21 0.19–0.22 0.27 0.23–0.32 0.17 0.16–0.18 0.27 0.22–0.32 0.19 0.18–0.20
 Social competency 0.36 0.30–0.44 0.35 0.33–0.37 0.32 0.27–0.38 0.26 0.25–0.27 0.34 0.29–0.41 0.31 0.29–0.32
 Empowerment 0.35 0.30–0.41 0.30 0.28–0.31 0.36 0.31–0.41 0.28 0.27–0.29 0.36 0.31–0.41 0.29 0.27–0.30
 Academic orientation 0.40 0.32–0.49 0.39 0.37–0.42 0.43 0.36–0.52 0.34 0.32–0.35 0.41 0.34–0.51 0.37 0.34–0.39
 Positive teacher 0.53 0.45–0.64 0.48 0.45–0.50 0.48 0.41–0.56 0.40 0.38–0.42 0.51 0.43–0.60 0.44 0.42–0.46
 Parent connectedness 0.46 0.20–1.07 0.20 0.15–0.26 0.16 0.06–0.42 0.23 0.18–0.29 0.31 0.13–0.75 0.22 0.17–0.27
Suicide attempts
 Positive identity 0.25 0.20–0.32 0.20 0.18–0.22 0.30 0.24–0.37 0.16 0.15–0.17 0.28 0.22–0.35 0.18 0.17–0.20
 Social competency 0.33 0.26–0.43 0.25 0.23–0.28 0.33 0.26–0.42 0.21 0.20–0.23 0.33 0.26–0.43 0.23 0.22–0.26
 Empowerment 0.37 0.30–0.46 0.28 0.25–0.30 0.39 0.33–0.47 0.26 0.25–0.28 0.38 0.31–0.47 0.27 0.25–0.29
 Academic orientation 0.29 0.22–0.38 0.31 0.28–0.35 0.38 0.30–0.49 0.27 0.25–0.30 0.33 0.26–0.43 0.29 0.27–0.32
 Positive teacher 0.54 0.42–0.69 0.41 0.38–0.46 0.51 0.41–0.63 0.36 0.34–0.39 0.53 0.42–0.66 0.39 0.36–0.43
 Parent connectedness 0.15 0.07–0.34 0.16 0.11–0.24 0.21 0.09–0.49 0.28 0.21–0.38 0.18 0.08–0.41 0.22 0.16–0.31

Adjusted for age, race and/or ethnicity, poverty (free and reduced-price school lunch), and school location (metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan).