Table 2. Logistic regressions estimating the association between socio-demographic backgrounds and children’s engagement in performing arts activities in and out of school once a week in the past 12 months.

	In school (at least once a week vs otherwise)			Out of school (at least once a week vs otherwise)
	OR	95%CI	P-value	OR	95%CI	P-value
Model 1
Sex
Male	REF			REF
Female	1.79	1.36–2.37	0.000	3.43	2.51–4.68	0.000
Ethnicity
White ethnic	REF			REF
Ethnic minority	0.89	0.61–1.30	0.557	0.75	0.49–1.13	0.169
Parents’ marital status
Married/in cohabitation	REF			REF
Single and never married or separated or divorced or widowed	1.07	0.78–1.46	0.692	0.96	0.65–1.44	0.857
Socio-economic status
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations	REF			REF
Intermediate occupations	1.01	0.69–1.47	0.974	0.74	0.48–1.15	0.185
Routine and manual occupations or never worked or long-term unemployed	0.77	0.53–1.13	0.179	0.60	0.38–0.93	0.022
Parents’ working status
Working full-time/part-time	REF			REF
Not in employment (including students/retired)	0.98	0.64–1.49	0.911	0.94	0.58–1.53	0.800
Parents’ educational level
Degree	REF			REF
No degree	0.84	0.60–1.18	0.314	0.71	0.49–1.02	0.067
Levels of area deprivation
30% most deprived	1.08	0.76–1.54	0.677	0.91	0.59–1.41	0.689
Medium	REF			REF
30% least deprived	1.23	0.89–1.70	0.202	2.09	1.42–3.07	0.000
Tenure
Private rented sector or house owning	REF			REF
Social rented sector	0.96	0.66–1.38	0.817	0.62	0.36–1.08	0.090
Living area
Urban	REF			REF
Rural	0.82	0.57–1.20	0.314	1.17	0.76–1.79	0.475
Model 2
+ Parents have done performing arts while growing up	1.21	0.88–1.65	0.243	1.42	0.95–2.11	0.089
+ Parents have done performing arts in the past 12 months	1.31	0.96–1.79	0.086	2.22	1.46–3.37	0.000
N	1986			1986