How different contexts of social capital are associated with self-rated health among Lithuanian high-school students

Figures & data

Table 1. Characteristics of the high-school students, participants to the Social capital survey, Lithuania, 2016.

	Boys(N = 906)	Girls (N = 957)
	N (%)	N (%)
Self-rated health
Poor	309 (34.1)	504 (52.7)
Good	597 (65.9)	453 (47.3)
Family social capital
Low	110 (12.1)	116 (12.1)
High	796 (87.9)	841 (87.9)
Neighborhood trust
Low	407 (44.9)	537 (56.1)
High	499 (55.1)	420 (43.9)
Informal social control
Low	652 (72.0)	639 (66.8)
High	254 (28.0)	318 (33.2)
Vertical school trust
Low	419 (46.2)	507 (53.0)
High	487 (53.8)	450 (47.0)
Horizontal school trust
Low	360 (39.7)	499 (52.1)
High	546 (60.3)	458 (47.8)
Reciprocity at school
Low	207 (22.8)	224 (23.4)
High	699 (77.2)	733 (76.6)
Body mass index
Normal	803 (88.6)	893 (93.3)
Overweight/obese	103 (11.4)	64 (6.7)
Self-perceived socioeconomic status
High/middle	206 (22.7)	209 (21.8)
Low	700 (77.3)	748 (78.2)
Psychological distress
High	113 (12.5)	301 (31.4)
Low	793 (87.5)	656 (68.6)
Physical activity
High/moderate	746 (82.3)	266 (27.8)
Low	160 (17.7)	691 (72.2)

Table 2. The association* between social capital determinants and good self-rated health in high-school students, Lithuania, Social capital survey, 2016.

	Model 1OR (95% CI)	Model 2OR (95% CI)	Model 3OR (95% CI)	Model 4OR (95% CI)
Family social capital
Low
High	1.83*** (1.35–2.48)			1.66*** (1.22–2.56)
Neighborhood trust
Low
High		1.44*** (1.19–1.75)		1.29* (1.05–1.58)
Informal social control
Low
High		0.96 (0.77–1.18)		0.93 (0.76–1.15)
Vertical school trust
Low
High			1.31* (1.05–1.63)	1.23* (1.00–1.54)
Horizontal school trust
Low
High			1.15 (0.92–1.44)	1.10 (0.87–1.39)
Reciprocity at school
Low
High			1.03 (0.80–1.32)	0.97 (0.76–1.25)
Gender
Boys
Girls	0.52 (0.43–0.64)***	0.55 (0.45–0.67)***	0.54 (0.45–0.66)***	0.54 (0.44–0.66)***
Body mass index
Normal
Overweight/obese	0.50 (0.36–0.71)***	0.51 (0.36–0.72)***	0.50 (0.35–0.70)***	0.50 (0.35–0.70)***
Self-perceived socioeconomic status
High/middle
Low	0.79 (0.63–0.99)*	0.77 (0.62–0.98)*	0.78 (0.62–0.98)*	0.81 (0.64–1.02)
Psychological distress
High
Low	0.49 (0.38–0.62)***	0.48 (0.38–0.61)***	0.49 (0.38–0.62)***	0.53 (0.41–0.68)***
Physical activity
High/moderate
Low	0.54 (0.43–0.68)***	0.54 (0.43–0.68)***	0.54 (0.43–0.68)***	0.55 (0.44–0.69)***

*: association measured as Odds Ratio from logistic regression model

Model 1: examine the associations between family social capital and youth self-rated health adjusting for gender, body mass index, self-perceived socioeconomic status, psychological distress and physical activity.

Model 2: examine the associations between neighborhood social capital and youth self-rated health adjusting for gender, body mass index, self-perceived socioeconomic status, psychological distress and physical activity.

Model 3: examine the associations between school social capital and youth self-rated health adjusting for gender, body mass index, self-perceived socioeconomic status, psychological distress and physical activity.

Model 4: examine the associations between all social capital variables and youth self-rated health adjusting for gender, body mass index, self-perceived socioeconomic status, psychological distress and physical activity.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval