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Table 2 Determinants for school attendance (logistic)

From: Education as a protective factor for mental health risks among youth living in highly dangerous regions in Afghanistan

 

OR

95% CI

P

Children

    

 Age (by year)

1.08

1.03

1.13

0.002

 Gender (girl vs boy)

0.37

0.30

0.45

< 0.0001

Parents

    

 Economic situation

    

   Very poor (ref)

    

   Poor

1.37

0.93

2.03

0.112

   Middle income level

2.05

1.39

3.01

< 0.0001

  Rich

2.46

1.36

4.43

0.003

 Education

    

  Mod-high vs low

1.65

1.26

2.17

< 0.0001

 Ethnicity

    

  Tajik (ref)

    

  Pashtun

0.63

0.43

0.92

0.016

  Hazara

1.88

1.05

3.38

0.035

  Uzbek

0.82

0.49

1.37

0.448

  Other

0.86

0.52

1.44

0.565

Environment

    

 Rural vs urban

0.32

0.24

0.44

< 0.0001

 Danger level

    

  Low/mild (ref)

    

  High

0.49

0.34

0.70

< 0.0001

  Very high

1.25

0.70

2.23

0.455

 Region

    

  Kabul (ref)

    

  South

1.23

0.61

2.51

0.561

  East

0.53

0.31

0.93

0.027

  South West

0.44

0.22

0.89

0.022

  West

0.77

0.39

1.52

0.443

  North

0.55

0.29

1.05

0.071

  Central High Land

0.82

0.39

1.73

0.600

  North East

0.63

0.34

1.17

0.143