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Changes in delinquency according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 Cover

Changes in delinquency according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015

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|Aug 2019

Figures & Tables

Delinquency over time by cumulative socioeconomic adversity among Finnish boys and girls in the 8thand 9thgrades of comprehensive school

2000-20012002-20032004-20052006-20072008-20092010-20112012-20132014-2015
Boys
Number of sociodemographic adversities
11.3 (1.2-1.4)1.5 (1.4-1.6)1.4 (1.3-1.5)1.5 (1.4-1.6)1.4 (1.3-1.5)1.5 (1.4-1.6)1.5 (1.4–1.6)1.7 (1.5–1.9)
21.9 (1.8-2.1)2.2 (2.0-2.3)2.1 (2.0-2.3)2.8 (2.5-3.0)2.3 (2.1-2.5)2.4 (2.2-2.6)2.4 (2.2–2.7)2.4 (2.1–2.7)
33.0 (2.5-3.5)3.1 (2.7-3.7)4.1 (3.5-4.9)5.9 (5.0-7.0)4.6 (3.8-5.4)4.5 (3.9-5.3)4.2 (3.5–4.9)5.4 (4.3–6.7)
46.6 (4.3-10.0)15.7 (10.9-22.7)17.2 (11.8-25.0)35.3 (23.8-52.3)31.8 (21.5-47.1)24.0 (17.2-33.4)23.3 (17.4–31.0)50.5 (35.9–71.0)
Girls
Number of sociodemographic adversities
11.3 (1.2-1.5)1.5 (1.4-1.6)1.6 (1.4-1.7)1.6 (1.5-1.8)1.6 (1.5-1.7)1.7 (1.6-1.8)1.7 (1.6–1.9)1.7 (1.4–2.0)
21.9 (1.7-2.1)2.3 (2.1-2.5)2.1 (1.9-2.3)2.5 (2.2-2.8)2,2 (2.0-2.4)2.6 (2.4-2.8)2.6 (2.3–2.9)2.8 (2.4–3.3)
32.5 (2.0-3.0)3.0 (2.5-3.7)4.0 (3.3-4.8)4.8 (3.9-5.9)4.1 (3.4-5.0)3.6 (3.0-4.2)4.1 (11.5–21.5)3.8 (2.8–5.0)
45.3 (3.0-9.2)6.3 (3.9-10.1)15.0 (9.7-23.2)16.0 (10.5-24.2)20.3 (13.6-30.2)15.9 (11.6-21.7)15.7 (11.5–21.5)40.8 (26.5–62.7)

Delinquency by socioeconomic adversities among Finnish boys and girls in the 8thand 9thgrades of comprehensive school

BoysGirls
Family structure
Both parentsrefref
Not living with both parents1.9 (1.9-1.9)1.9 (1.8-1.9)
Both parents with low education
Norefref
Yes1.7 (1.6-1.8)1.5 (1.4-1.6)
Parental unemployment
Neither parentrefref
One parent1.5 (1.5-1.5)1.6 (1.6-1.7)
Both parents3.9 (3.8-4.1)3.2 (3.0-3.4)

Delinquency and socioeconomic adversities among Finnish boys and girls in the 8thand 9thgrades of comprehensive school_

Boys (n= 381,527)Girls (n= 376,814)p
Age (Mean (SD))15.4 (0.7)15.3 (0.6)< 0.001
Delinquency< 0.001
Yes11.06.4
No81.287.0
Missing7.76.6
Lives with both parents< 0.001
Yes74.473.7
No23.325.1
Missing2.31.2
Both parents only basic education< 0.001
Yes5.65.9
No86.887.5
Missing7.66.6
Parental unemployment past year< 0.001
No70.969.9
One parent23.625.6
Both parents3.23.3
Missing2.31.2

Delinquency over time among Finnish boys and girls in the 8thand 9thgrades of comprehensive school

2002-20032004-20052006-20072008-20092010-20112012-20132014-2015
Boys0.6 (0.6-0.7)0.5 (0.5-0.5)0.5 (0.4-0.5)0.5 (0.5-0.6)0.5 (0.5-0.6)0.5 (0.5-0.6)0.4 (0.4-0.5)
Girls0.6 (0.5-0.6)0.5 (0.4-0.5)0.4 (0.4-0.4)0.6 (0.5-0.6)0.6 (0.6-0.7)0.5 (0.5-0.6)0.3 (0.3-0.4)
Language: English
Page range: 52 - 59
Published on: Aug 19, 2019
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© 2019 Noora Knaappila, Mauri Marttunen, Sari Fröjd, Nina Lindberg, Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, published by Psychiatric Research Unit
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