Adjustment of refugee children and adolescents in Australia: outcomes from wave three of the Building a New Life in Australia study

Table 4 Bivariate and multiple regressions including variables from each domain as correlates of SDQ total scores

Domain/factor	n	Bivariate regression			Multiple regression
		Estimate	95% CI		Estimate	95% CI
		Estimate	LB	UB	Estimate	LB	UB
Individual
Age	694	−0.05	−0.12	0.03	−0.11**	−0.18	−0.05
Gender (Female)^a	694	0.02	−0.05	0.10	0.04	−0.03	0.10
Time in refugee camp (Yes)^a	694	−0.01	−0.10	0.09	0.00	−0.08	0.08
Caregiver ratings of child health (good/fair/poor)^a	694	0.30***	0.22	0.39	0.22***	0.14	0.29
Number of days physical activity	694	− 0.07	− 0.16	0.03	− 0.05	− 0.12	0.03
Family
Family structure (single parent)^a	694	0.09†	0.00	0.18	0.05	−0.03	0.13
Parental/caregiver warmth	694	−0.12*	− 0.21	− 0.02	−0.07†	− 0.15	0.00
Parental/caregiver hostility	694	0.44***	0.34	0.53	0.39***	0.31	0.48
School
School achievement (below average)^a	694	0.19***	0.09	0.28	0.13**	0.05	0.21
Number of days absent	694	0.16**	0.05	0.28	0.11*	0.01	0.21
Achieved school award^b	473	−0.02	−0.12	0.08	–	–	–
Community
Extracurricular activities^b	473	0.03	−0.08	0.15	–	–	–
Support from ethnic/religious community (no support)^a	694	0.02	−0.08	0.11	0.01	−0.06	0.09
Neighbourhood feels unsafe	694	0.03	−0.05	0.11	−0.03	−0.10	0.05
People unfriendly	694	0.07	−0.03	0.18	0.03	−0.07	0.12

^aGender, time in refugee camp, child health, family structure, school achievement and support from ethnic/religious community were categorical variables. Their coding for the regression model is specified in brackets
^b‘Achieved school award’ and ‘extracurricular activities’ were not included in the multiple regression model because these measures were only asked in the child self-report version (completed only by 11- to 17-year-old children), and data were thus based on a smaller sample
CI confidence interval, LB lower bound, UB upper bound
† p < 0.10; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

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