Low educational attainment | Not in education, employment or training (NEET) | |||||||||||||||
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |||||||||||||
Indirect effects OR (CI) | P value | % mediated | N | Indirect effects OR (CI) | P value | % mediated | N | Indirect effects OR (CI) | P value | % mediated | N | Indirect effects OR (CI) | P value | % mediated | N | |
Long-term school absences | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.06) | 0.06 | 13.66 | 4855 | 1.01 (0.99 to 1.03) | 0.17 | 3.56 | 4883 | 1.01 (0.99 to 1.03) | 0.33 | 2.10 | 3747 | 1.00 (0.99 to 1.01) | 0.4 | 1.04 | 3890 |
Truancy | 1.21 (1.15 to 1.28) | <0.001 | 86.14 | 4916 | 1.17 (1.12 to 1.22) | <0.001 | 45.78 | 4360 | 1.10 (1.04 to 1.17) | <0.001 | 17.31 | 3825 | 1.07 (1.02 to 1.12) | 0.006 | 17.42 | 3788 |
Social exclusion | 1.13 (1.08 to 1.18) | <0.001 | 53.97 | 4976 | 1.05 (1.01 to 1.09) | .03 | 13.63 | 4835 | 1.12 (1.04 to 1.20) | <0.001 | 20.32 | 3747 | 1.11 (1.04 to 1.19) | 0.003 | 26.34 | 3854 |
Troublemaking | 1.06 (1.02 to 1.11) | 0.002 | 27.14 | 4966 | 1.04 (1.02 to 1.06) | <0.001 | 12.35 | 4864 | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) | 0.52 | 1.40 | 3718 | 1.02 (1.00, 1.04) | 0.10 | 5.59 | 3908 |
Alcohol use | – | – | – | 1.06 (1.03 to 1.09) | <0.001 | 18.46 | 4707 | – | – | – | 1.02 (0.98 to 1.06) | 0.32 | 4.72 | 3930 | ||
Smoking | 1.07 (1.01 to 1.12) | 0.02 | 31.93 | 4762 | 1.17 (1.12 to 1.22) | <0.001 | 48.66 | 4833 | 1.04 (1.00 to 1.08) | 0.04 | 7.26 | 3719 | 1.06 (1.01 to 1.10) | 0.01 | 13.83 | 3924 |
Cannabis use | 1.04 (1.01 to 1.07) | 0.007 | 16.56 | 4703 | 1.12 (1.08 to 1.16) | <0.001 | 35.60 | 4985 | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.06) | 0.05 | 4.98 | 3762 | 1.03 (0.98 to 1.08) | 0.37 | 7.26 | 3946 |
Analyses controlled for socioeconomic status, ethnicity and early adolescent educational attainment.
–indicates a non-significant relationship between health indicator and hypothesised mediator; therefore, mediator analyses were not conducted.