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Table 4 Odds ratio for having low social well-being at school according to child’s age at dissolution (n = 219,226)

From: Family dissolution and children’s social well-being at school: a historic cohort study

Age at dissolution

2–5 years

6–10 years

11–16 years

ORa

95% CI

ORa

95% CI

ORa

95% CI

Intact family

1

(reference)

1

(reference)

1

(reference)

No stratification

1.55

(1.47;1.64)

1.34

(1.26;1.41)

1.30

(1.20;1.40)

Stratified by stepparent:

 Intact family

1

(reference)

1

(reference)

1

(reference)

 No stepparent

1.48

(1.38;1.60)

1.38

(1.29;1.48)

1.28

(1.18;1.39)

 Stepparent

1.61

(1.51;1.72)

1.27

(1.17;1.38)

1.38

(1.15;1.66)

Stratified by no. of changes in family structure:

 Intact family

1

(reference)

1

(reference)

1

(reference)

 1

1.50

(1.39;1.62)

1.36

(1.27;1.46)

1.29

(1.18;1.40)

 2

1.55

(1.45;1.66)

1.27

(1.17;1.39)

1.28

(1.06;1.54)

 > 2

1.92

(1.65;2.23)

1.52

(1.21;1.90)

2.47

(1.44;4.24)

  1. OR Odds ratio.
  2. CI Confidence interval.
  3. aAdjusted for siblings (no siblings/siblings), ethnicity (Danish/immigrant or descendant), parental educational level (low, medium, high), gender (boy/girl)