Table 2.

Associations between NEET status and outcome variables, compared to high-school students (reference group), stratified by sex, and after adjusting for parental education.

		Females	Males
Outcome variable		OR (CI 95%)	OR (CI 95%)
Suicide attempt	NEETa	4.39 (1.96–9.85)***	0.80 (0.29–2.20)
	Low education, fatherb	1.61 (0.63–4.14)	0.71 (0.26–1.96)
	Low education, motherb	0.84 (0.33–2.16)	8.87 (2.29–34.31)**
Self–harm	NEETa	7.68 (3.20–18.41)***	1.51 (0.71–3.20)
	Low education, fatherb	0.74 (0.33–1.66)	1.60 (0.73–3.54)
	Low education, motherb	1.46 (0.65–3.30)	1.59 (0.76–3.48)
Experienced violent threats	NEETa	5.49 (2.06–14.66)**	0.61 (0.25–1.48)
	Low education, fatherb	1.48 (0.42–5.19)	1.20 (0.54–2.64)
	Low education, motherb	0.73 (0.20–2.57)	2.32 (1.04–5.19)*
Beaten without visible marks	NEETa	4.48 (1.58–12.72)**	1.46 (0.55–3.85)
	Low education, fatherb	1.31 (0.33–5.26)	1.19 (0.46–3.10)
	Low education, motherb	1.29 (0.31–5.27)	0.84 (0.33–2.17)
Injured due to violence	NEETa	6.77 (1.70–26.90)**	3.23 (1.20–8.62)*
	Low education, father b	1.22 (0.19–7.73)	0.63 (0.21–1.88)
	Low education, mother b	0.99 (0.15–6.76)	2.06 (0.65–6.58)

^aThe NEET and control (school students) groups were matched for age;

^bCompared to mothers/fathers with a higher education.;

^* p < 0.05

^** p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.