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. 2018 Mar 19;53(5):497–507. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1496-z

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the GCSE sample (n = 3799), which is taken to be representative of the overall sample, by psychotic experiences and depression status at 12 years

Variable n (%) Psychotic experiences at 12 years Depression at 12 years
No (%) Yes (%) OR (95% CI) No (%) Yes (%) OR (95% CI)
Gender
 Female 1971 (51.9) 1750 (51.5) 221 (55.1) 1853 (51.2) 118 (64.5)
 Male 1828 (48.1) 1648 (48.5) 180 (44.9) 0.86 (0.70–1.06) 1763 (48.8) 65 (35.5) 0.58 (0.42–0.79)
Social classa
 I 592 (15.6) 545 (16.0) 47 (11.7) 563 (15.6) 29 (15.9)
 II 1759 (46.3) 1561 (45.9) 198 (49.4) 1.47 (1.05–2.05) 1672 (46.2) 87 (47.5) 1.01 (0.66–1.55)
 III 1316 (34.6) 1175 (34.6) 141 (35.2) 1.39 (0.99–1.97) 1254 (34.7) 62 (33.9) 0.96 (0.61–1.51)
 IV–V 132 (3.5) 117 (3.4) 15 (3.7) 1.49 (0.80–2.75) 127 (3.5) 5 (2.7) 0.76 (0.29–2.01)
Housing type
 Mortgaged/owned 3315 (87.3) 2983 (87.8) 332 (82.8) 3161 (87.4) 154 (84.2)
 Council rented 205 (5.4) 171 (5.0) 34 (8.5) 1.79 (1.22–2.63) 189 (5.2) 16 (8.7) 1.74 (1.02–2.97)
 Private rented 162 (4.3) 138 (4.1) 24 (6.0) 1.56 (1.00–2.45) 154 (4.3) 8 (4.4) 1.07 (0.51–2.21)
 Other 117 (3.1) 106 (3.1) 11 (2.7) 0.93 (0.50–1.75) 112 (3.1) 5 (2.7) 0.92 (0.37–2.28)
Maternal educationb
 Less than O level 698 (18.4) 619 (18.2) 79 (19.7) 669 (18.5) 29 (15.9)
 O level 1370 (36.1) 1217 (35.8) 153 (38.2) 0.99 (0.74–1.31) 1300 (36.0) 70 (38.3) 1.24 (0.80–1.93)
 A level 1093 (28.8) 970 (28.6) 123 (30.7) 0.99 (0.74–1.34) 1035 (28.6) 58 (31.7) 1.29 (0.82–2.04)
 Degree or above 638 (16.8) 592 (17.4) 46 (11.5) 0.61 (0.42–0.89) 612 (16.9) 26 (14.2) 0.98 (0.57–1.68)
IQ at 8c
 < 100 1261 (33.2) 1111 (32.7) 150 (37.4) 1201 (33.2) 60 (32.8)
 ≥ 100 2538 (66.8) 2287 (67.3) 251 (62.6) 0.81 (0.66–1.01) 2415 (66.8) 123 (67.2) 1.02 (0.74–1.40)
SDQ score at 8c
 Normal range 3703 (97.6) 3315 (97.6) 388 (96.8) 3527 (97.5) 176 (96.2)
 Abnormal range 96 (2.5) 83 (2.4) 13 (3.2) 1.34 (0.74–2.42) 89 (2.5) 7 (3.8) 1.58 (0.72–3.45)

aHighest of either parent, with class I = highest and class V = lowest

bHighest educational level achieved

cVariable dichotomised only for the purpose of this table