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. 2018 Nov 29;14(1):1–128. doi: 10.4073/csr.2018.11

Table 8.

Summary of results by domain and association

Domain

Association

OR

CI

N

I2 %

τ2

Individual

Violent delinquency

5.83

5.12 – 6.63

6

48

0.010

Alcohol and soft drugs (risk)

3.23

2.57 – 4.07

5

0

0

Gender (male)

2.04

1.35 – 3.08

5

62*

0.124

Age

1.06

0.74 – 1.50

4

55

0.068

Non‐violent delinquency

4.67

3.80 – 5.76

3

0

0

Delinquency (general)

3.65

1.89 – 7.04

3

91*

0.306

Sexual behaviour (risk)

3.29

3.00 – 3.62

3

19

0.001

Employment

1.91

1.07 – 3.63

2

10

0.019

Psychological (risk)

1.51

1.21 – 1.88

2

0

0

Psychological (protective)

0.57

0.42 – 0.77

2

0

0

Hard drugs

4.80

3.06 – 7.52

1

Victimisation

2.39

1.00 – 5.71

1

Minority ethnicity (Han Chinese vs other)

2.05

0.76 – 5.55

1

Alcohol and soft drugs (protective)

0.69

0.42 – 1.13

1

Sexual behaviour (protective)

0.67

0.28 – 1.60

1

Peer

Delinquent peers

3.96

1.19 – 13.20

3

96*

1.073

Prosocial peers

1.05

0.77 – 1.44

1

Family

Family environment (risk)

1.92

1.33 – 2.79

6

95*

0.187

Family environment (protective)

0.76

0.62 – 0.93

3

1

0

Parental education

1.10

0.84 – 1.44

2

22

0.011

Exposure to violence in the home

2.17

1.21 – 3.91

1

Parental attitudes favourable to antisocial behaviour

0.95

0.59 – 1.51

1

Family income (low vs high)

0.67

0.28 – 1.64

1

Family income (middle vs low)

0.35

0.17 – 0.73

1

Parental monitoring

0.32

0.26 – 0.41

1

Family income (middle vs high)

0.23

0.12 – 0.47

1

School

Low school attachment

2.05

1.67 – 2.53

6

82*

0.046

Level of education

0.73

0.46 – 1.18

4

58

0.139

School environment (public/general vs other)

0.93

0.59 – 1.47

2

0

0

School performance (protective)

0.73

0.46 – 1.16

2

67

0.078

Exposure to violence at school

3.29

2.04 – 5.32

1

School performance (educational difficulty)

2.37

1.33 – 4.23

1

School environment (opportunities for prosocial involvement)

1.92

1.05 – 3.51

1

Community

Neighbourhood environment (risk)

1.37

0.40 – 4.68

2

91*

0.716

Geography

1.22

0.93 – 1.59

2

0

0

Neighbourhood environment (protective)

0.96

0.69 – 1.34

2

0

0

Exposure to violence in neighbourhood

3.39

2.07 – 5.55

1

*

Significant heterogeneity (p<0.05)