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. 2019 Mar 7;3:17. doi: 10.1186/s41687-019-0106-5

Table 4.

Psychosocial development trajectory of POPS-group vs Ref-group: significant differences on item-level (milestones) Course of life questionnaire

POPS Ref POPS versus Ref
% N % N OR (95%-CI)
Social development
 Most of the time playing with….., primary school
- Friends 77.3 232 85.1 177 0.56*
- Brothers and/or sisters, parents, on your own 22.7 68 14.9 31 (0.34–0.91)
Psychosexual development
 First girlfriend / boyfriend
- At the age of 17 or younger 65.3 196 76.7 161 0.55**
- At the age of 18 or older/never 34.7 104 23.3 49 (0.37–0.83)
 For the first time sexual intimacy
- At the age of 18 or younger 74.7 224 83.4 176 0.58*
- At the age of 19 or older/never 25.3 76 16.6 35 (0.37–0.90)
 For the first time sexual intercourse
- At the age of 18 or younger 47.8 143 60.5 127 0.57**
- At the age of 19 or older/never 52.2 156 39.5 83 (0.40–0.82)
Antisocial behavior
 Ever been suspended because of misbehavior at school, primary school
- Yes 1.7 5 7.1 15 0.25**
- No 98.3 295 92.9 196 (0.09–0.70)
 Get into trouble with the police or law, secondary school
- Yes 8.7 26 18.1 38 0.47**
- No 91.3 274 81.9 172 (0.27–0.81)
 Ever been suspended because of misbehavior at school, secondary school
- Yes 5.7 17 13.8 29 0.41**
- No 94.3 283 86.2 181 (0.22–0.79)
 Ever been refused admission to lessons, secondary school
- Yes 16.7 50 29.5 62 0.50**
- No 83.3 250 70.5 148 (0.32–0.76)
Substance use and gambling
 Alcohol, secondary school
- Often / very often 16.7 50 26.2 55 0.59*
- Never / occasionally 83.3 250 73.8 155 (0.38–0.92)
 Smoking, secondary school
- Yes 25.0 75 35.9 75 0.59**
- No 75.0 225 64.1 134 (0.40–0.87)
 Gambling, secondary school
- Occasionally / often / very often 9.0 27 22.0 46 0.36***
- Never 91.0 273 78.0 163 (0.21–0.62)
 Smoking, after secondary school
- Yes 26.0 78 51.0 107 0.35***
- No 74.0 222 49.0 103 (0.24–0.50)

*p < 0.05 according to Logistic regression analysis by group, age and gender

**p < 0.01 according to Logistic regression analysis by group, age and gender

***p < 0.001 according to Logistic regression analysis by group, age and gender

Only the items which the POPS-group differed significantly from the Ref-group are displayed this table