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Table 2 The prevalence and odds ratios of high risk perception in mobile phone and base station dimensions in relation to socio-demographic variables

From: Adolescents’ risk perceptions on mobile phones and their base stations, their trust to authorities and incivility in using mobile phones: a cross-sectional survey on 2240 high school students in Izmir, Turkey

  

Mobile phone

  

Base station

 
 

High risk perception (%)

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted# odds ratio (95% CI)

High risk perception (%)

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted# odds ratio (95% CI)

Sex

Female

71.2

1.59 (1.29–1.97)**

1.60 (1.32–.1.95)**

89.9

1.62 (1.19–2.20)*

1.68 (1.20–2.37)*

Male (ref)

60.8

1.00

1.00

84.5

1.00

1.00

Grade

11-12

67.8

1.16 (0.94–1.45)

-

89.6

1.42 (1.03–1.96)*

1.38 (0.99–1.92)

9-10 (ref)

64.4

1.00

-

85.9

1.00

1.00

Income per capita

Lowest (0–200 TL)

69.3

1.28 (0.95–1.74)

-

83.2

0.59 (0.38–0.91)*

0.74 (0.44–1.25)

Lowest middle (201–400 TL)

66.9

1.15 (0.86–1.54)

-

87.3

0.83 (0.53–1.29)

1.04 (0.62–1.72)

Upper middle (401–600 TL)

59.8

0.85 (0.59–1.21)

-

92.4

1.46 (0.78–2.72)

1.59 (0.84–3.03)

Highest (601 TL +) (ref)

63.8

1.00

-

89.3

1.00

1.00

Social class

Blue collar/Unemployed

67.4

1.20 (0.92–1.57)

-

85.2

0.87 (0.60–1.26)

-

Self Employed

66.2

1.14 (0.82–1.57)

-

89.2

1.24 (0.77–2.01)

-

Employer

62.8

0.98 (0.61–1.57)

-

92.4

1.82 (0.79–4.19)

-

White collar/Manager(ref)

63.3

1.00

-

87.0

1.00

-

Mother’s Education

Illiterate/Only literate

75.5

2.33 (1.36–3.99)*

1.77 (1.01–2.86)*

92.6

1.39 (0.58–3.37)

-

Primary (5 years)

68.1

1.61 (1.18–2.19)*

1.66 (1.20–2.30)*

85.9

0.69 (0.42–1.11)

-

Secondary (8 years)

67.0

1.53 (1.07–2.19)*

1.64 (1.19–2.27)*

84.2

0.60 (0.35–1.03)

-

High school (11 years)

64.2

1.35 (0.94–1.94)

1.36 (0.95–1.94)

88.7

0.88 (0.50–1.55)

-

University (13+ years) (ref)

57.0

1.00

1.00

89.9

1.00

1.00

School Type

Trade high school

71.9

1.43 (0.99–1.79)

0.89 (0.62–1.27)

84.8

0.56 (0.33–0.92)*

0.58 (0.32–1.04)

Technical high school for girls

69.9

1.33 (0.98–1.73)

0.81 (0.55–1.18)

87.2

0.68 (0.38–1.21)

0.66 (0.34–1.25)

Standard high school

66.5

1.13 (0.77–1.67)

0.88 (0.66–1.17)

88.8

0.79 (0.49–1.26)

0.83 (0.49–1.39)

Industrial technical high school

59.5

0.75 (0.59–0.96)*

0.61 (0.45–0.83)*

83.6

0.51 (0.33–0.78)*

0.66 (0.40–1.16)

Anatolian/Science/Private high school (ref)

63.7

1.00

1.00

91.0

1.00

1.00

Mobile phone utilization

No

85.8

3.37 (2.02–5.62)**

2.82 (1.80-4.40)*

86.4

0.93 (0.55-1.59)

-

Yes (ref)

64.2

1.00

1.00

87.2

1.00

1.00

  1. #: adjusted for all variables present in the table for that outcome variable *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001.
  2. –: variables that were not found significant in univariate analysis so not included in the model.