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Table 3 The prevalence rates and odds ratios for trust and incivility dimensions of high school students in relation to the independent 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

  

Trust

  

Incivility

 
 

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

63.5

0.82 (0.66–0.97)*

0.74 (0.58–0.95)*

44.0

1.40 (1.14–1.72)*

1.44 (1.14–1.82)*

Male (ref)

67.9

1.00

1.00

35.9

1.00

1.00

Grade

11–12

69.7

1.34 (1.07–1.67)*

1.45 (1.15–1.84)*

40.6

1.05 (0.85–1.30)

-

9–10 (ref)

63.2

1.00

1.00

39.4

1.00

-

Income per capita

Lowest (0–200 TL)

63.6

0.67 (0.49–0.92)*

1.19 (0.76–1.87)

46.4

1.66 (1.22–2.24)*

0.80 (0.51–1.23)

Lowest middle (201–400 TL)

60.8

0.60 (0.44–0.80)*

0.90 (0.60–1.40)

41.0

1.34 (1.00–1.79)*

0.77 (0.51–1.15)

Upper middle (401–600 TL)

73.2

1.05 (0.71–1.56)

1.40 (0.90–2.18)

32.4

0.92 (0.64–1.34)

0.67 (0.44–1.03)

Highest (601 TL +) (ref)

72.3

1.00

1.00

34.2

1.00

1.00

Social class

Blue collar/Unemployed

60.9

0.59 (0.45–0.78)**

0.76 (0.54–1.07)

43.1

1.48 (1.14–1.94)*

1.18 (0.73–1.90)

Self Employed

66.8

0.76 (0.54–1.07)

0.84 (0.50–1.40)

39.8

1.29 (0.82–2.05)

0.99 (0.69–1.41)

Employer

68.1

0.81 (0.49–1.32)

0.89 (0.62–1.29)

38.3

1.21 (0.88–1.68)

1.04 (0.75–1.44)

White collar/Manager(ref)

72.5

1.00

1.00

33.8

1.00

1.00

Mother’s Education

Illiterate/Only literate

65.6

0.64 (0.38–1.07)

0.88 (0.40–1.54)

46.7

2.34 (1.41–3.86)**

1.79 (1.04–2.75)*

Primary (5 years)

62.4

0.55 (0.39–0.78)*

0.83 (0.50–1.37)

44.9

2.17 (1.56–3.02)**

1.69 (0.93–2.46)

Secondary (8 years)

62.5

0.56 (0.38–0.82)*

0.84 (0.50–1.41)

39.5

1.74 (1.19–2.54)*

1.38 (0.84–2.29)

High school (11 years)

68.4

0.72 (0.49–1.06)

0.92 (0.58–1.47)

37.9

1.62 (1.12–2.36)*

1.44 (0.92–2.25)

University (13+ years) (ref)

75.0

1.00

1.00

27.3

1.00

1.00

School Type

Trade high school

61.7

0.55 (0.39–0.79)*

0.69 (0.44–1.09)

44.3

1.85 (1.31–2.61)**

1.49 (0.91–2.37)

Technical high school for girls

64.7

0.63 (0.43–0.94)

0.85 (0.53–1.38)

46.8

2.05 (1.41–2.99)**

1.57 (0.99–2.48)

Standard high school

65.8

0.66 (0.49–0.90)

0.86 (0.59–1.26)

43.1

1.76 (1.31–2.37)**

1.46 (0.89–2.22)

Industrial technical high school

59.9

0.49 (0.37–0.67)**

0.57 (0.38–0.85)*

42.0

1.68 (1.25–2.26)**

1.47 (0.89–2.23)

Anatolian/Science/Private high school (ref)

74.4

1.00

1.00

30.1

1.00

1.00

Mobile phone utilization

No

61.3

0.81 (0.56–1.19)

-

60.2

2.43 (1.67–3.54)**

2.50 (1.62–3.87)**

Yes (ref)

66.0

1.00

-

38.3

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.