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Table 2 Regression results

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in child and adolescent mental health in Australia: the role of parenting style and parents’ relationships

Variables

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

Wave 6

Wave 7

Pooled

Independent variables

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Co-eff (SE)

Parenting style

 Angry parenting

3.017 (0.147)***

2.637 (0.137)***

2.944 (0.143)***

3.331 (0.143)***

3.129 (0.135)***

3.144 (0.133)***

2.447 (0.153)***

2.9 (0.053)***

 Consistent parenting

 − 1.488 (0.135)***

 − 1.268 (0.135)***

 − 1.541 (0.140)***

 − 1.140 (0.145)***

 − 1.001 (0.137)***

 − 1.179 (0.133)***

 − 1.184 (0.135)***

 − 1.286 (0.052)***

 Inductive parenting

 − 0.002 (0.133)

0.407 (0.122)***

0.363 (0.131)**

0.776 (0.124)***

0.719 (0.111)***

0.768 (0.099)***

0.628 (0.086)***

0.568 (0.039)***

Parents couple relationship

 Argumentative relationship

0.481 (0.184)**

0.689 (0.141)***

0.489 (0.171)**

0.790 (0.169)***

0.650 (0.161)***

0.490 (0.162)**

0.371 (0.166)*

0.613 (0.061)***

 Happy couple relationship

0.027 (0.106)

 − 0.14 (0.060)*

 − 0.081 (0.098)

 − 0.063 (0.082)

 − 0.010 (0.079)

 − 0.019 (0.080)

 − 0.137 (0.080)*

 − 0.045 (0.030)

Household income (ref: lowest income)

 Lowest to medium (= 1)

 − 1.056 (0.209)***

 − 0.586 (0.187)**

 − 0.599 (0.186)**

 − 0.803 (0.205)***

 − 0.466 (0.205)*

 − 0.031 (0.198)

 − 0.092 (0.223)

 − 0.531 (0.076)***

 Medium to highest (= 1)

 − 1.134 (0.445)*

 − 1.556 (0.330)***

 − 1.138 (0.290)***

 − 0.849 (0.291)**

 − 0.511 (0.254)*

 − 0.438 (0.241)*

 − 0.606 (0.261)*

 − 0.866 (0.104)***

 Highest (= 1)

 − 0.105 (1.240)

 − 0.808 (0.871)

 − 1.712 (0.687)*

 − 1.431 (0.713)*

 − 0.967 (0.555)*

0.496 (0.492)

 − 1.867 (0.485)***

 − 1.135 (0.227)***

Mother’s education status (ref: postgraduate)

 Undergraduate (= 1)

0.047 (0.421)

0.073 (0.397)

 − 0.449 (0.389)

 − 0.327 (0.413)

0.055 (0.369)

 − 0.130 (0.357)

 − 0.346 (0.382)

 − 0.182 (0.147)

 Certificate/Diploma (= 1)

1.211 (0.399)**

0.952 (0.378)*

0.541 (0.370)

0.907 (0.392)*

1.137 (0.349)**

1.045 (0.338)**

0.527 (0.358)

0.858 (0.139)***

 Year 12 or below (= 1)

0.753 (0.838)

0.954 (0.652)

1.223 (0.657)*

1.245 (0.757)

0.580 (0.774)

0.377 (0.723)

 − 0.932 (0.720)

0.537 (0.274)*

Mother’s employment status (ref: full-time)

 Part-time Employed (= 1)

 − 0.572 (0.236)*

 − 0.303 (0.207)

 − 0.41822 (0. 196)*

 − 0.422 (0.210)*

 − 0.258 (0.198)

 − 0.158 (0.191)

 − 0.060 (0.212)

 − 0.260 (0.078)***

 Unemployed (= 1)

0.26 (0.234)

 − 0.027 (0.217)

0.25337 (0.222)

0.997 (0.240)***

0.860 (0.239)***

1.018 (0.228)***

1.350 (0.262)***

0.747 (0.088)***

Sociodemographic

 Age in years

 − 0.236 (0.190)

0.265 (0.164)

 − 0.054 (0.169)

 − 0.034 (0.178)

 − 0.110 (0.170)

 − 0.113 (0.166)

0.164 (0.182)

 − 0.038 (0.070)

 Female (= 1) (ref: male)

 − 1.070 (0.169)***

 − 1.323 (0.161)***

 − 1.279 (0.162)***

 − 1.285 (0.177)***

 − 1.125 (0.172)***

 − 0.208 (0.166)

0.321 (0.183)

 − 0.787 (0.065)***

Areas of residence (ref: accessible city areas)

 Not accessible regional areas (= 1)

0.428 (0.447)

0.348 (0.416)

0.166 (0.407)

0.81 (0.44)*

1.29 (0.431)**

1.082 (0.441)**

0.271 (0.483)

0.703 (0.167)***

  1. (1) standard deviations (SD) are on parenthesis; (2) ‘*’, ‘**’ and ‘***” indicate statistical significance at 10%, 5% and 1% level. Lowest income = 500 AUD or less per week; lowest to medium (501–999 AUD per week), medium to highest (1000–1999 AUD), and highest income (more than 2000)