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. 2022 May 21;22:297. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03322-1

Table 2.

Odds ratios [and 95% confidence intervals] from multilevel ordered logit models examining the association between socioeconomic status and wellbeing

Happiness
OR [95%CI]
Sadness
OR [95%CI]
Worry
OR [95%CI]
Emotion regulation
OR [95%CI]
Life satisfaction
OR [95%CI]
Engagement
OR [95%CI]
Optimism
OR [95%CI]
Perseverance
OR [95%CI]
Girlsa 0.92 [0.89, 0.96]***

1.44

[1.39, 1.49]***

1.59 [1.54, 1.64]*** 0.90 [0.87, 0.93]*** 0.81 [0.78, 0.83]*** 0.90 [0.87, 0.93]*** 0.87 [0.84, 0.90]*** 1.40 [1.35, 1.44]***
School year level 0.86 [0.84, 0.87]*** 1.09 [1.07, 1.10]*** 1.07 [1.06, 1.08]*** 0.83 [0.82, 0.84]*** 0.82 [0.81, 0.83]*** 0.87 [0.86, 0.88]*** 0.82 [0.81, 0.83]*** 0.90 [0.89, 0.91]***
SES
  Medium  SESb 1.13 [1.09, 1.18]*** 0.88 [0.85, 0.92]*** 0.90 [0.86, 0.93]*** 0.96 [0.92, 1.00]* 1.08 [1.04, 1.13]*** 0.99 [0.95, 1.03] 1.07 [1.02, 1.11]** 1.20 [1.15, 1.25]***
  High SESb 1.34 [1.28, 1.42]*** 1.09 [1.07, 1.10]*** 0.70 [0.67, 0.73]*** 1.06 [1.01, 1.11]* 1.23 [1.17, 1.29]*** 1.06 [1.02, 1.12]** 1.29 [1.23, 1.36]*** 1.62 [1.55, 1.70]***

SES Socioeconomic status

areference group is boys

breference group is low SES

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001