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. 2020 Feb 4;8:12. doi: 10.1186/s40359-019-0364-2

Table 2.

Correlations between all variables used in Research questions 1 and 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1. Urbanicity .13 .06 −.07 −.01 −.02 −.04 −.48 −.13 −.05 −.07 .04 .01
2. BP .07 .40 −.02 −.06 −.06 −.02 −.10 −.19 −.03 −.03 −.19 .02
3. EP .18 .28 .04 .16 .08 .00 −.05 −.11 −.02 .02 .11 −.11
4. AUCi .02 −.11 −.06 .44 .08 .03 .01 −.04 −.06 .19 .14 −.13
5. AUCg −.14 −.01 .02 .15 .32 .01 −.06 −.12 −.13 .16 .19 −.23
6. CAR −.35 −.02 .09 .03 .06 .14 −.04
7. Decline −.19 −.02 .01 −.01 .68 .11 .10 .00 −.11 .08 .13
8. SES-E −.43 −.16 −.13 .01 .16 .13 .40 .05 .08 −.03 −.00
9. SES-I .08 .03 −.00 −.04 .00 −.02 .20 .20 .01 .00 −.03
10. SES-M .64 .02 .17 −.01 −.09 −.11 −.13 −.09
11. Family SES .14 .04 −.03 −.11 .10 .02 −.01 .24 .01 .01 .03 −.01
12. Age .00 .09 .03 .08 .04 .01 −.08 .03 −.09 .03 −.02 −.11
13. Sex −.01 −.07 .04 −.03 .10 .08 .13 .09 .06 .15 −.09 −.05
14. Season .05 .12 −.07 .02 .02 .11 −.09 −.02 −.02 .12 .37 .01
15. Time .13 −.00 .10 .06 .25 .31 −.05 .03 .11 .01 .04 −.20 .00

bold = p < .01; italics = p < .05.

Note. Correlations are indicated by Spearman’s coefficients. Coefficients in the top right half are from the JOiN study; coefficients in the bottom left half are from the BIBO study. BP = behavioral problems; EP = emotional problems; AUCi = area under the curve with respect to increase; AUCg = area under the curve with respect to ground; CAR = cortisol awakening response; SES = socioeconomic status; E = employment; I = income; M = multi-ethnicity; Time = time between basal cortisol 1 and basal cortisol 4