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PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUTH CRIME IN SCOTLAND - FINDINGS FROM THE 2004 SCOTTISH SOCIAL ATTITUDES SURVEY

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ANNEX 3 RESULTS OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES

The logistic regression model commented on in this report is presented below. Logistic regression uses binary dependent variables where the value of interest is coded 1 and the rest of the cases are coded 0. The binary dependent variable coding is shown at start of the table. This analysis method compares the parameter estimates for each category within a variable to a "reference" category. The reference category for each variable is shown in brackets. Two asterisks (**) denote significance at the 1% level, one (*) denotes significance at the 5% level.

Table 1 Negative attitudes towards young people

Dependent variable coding:
1= Most negative attitudes towards young people,

0=or not

Odds Ratio

(Exp (B))

95% Confidence Intervals for Exp (B)

Lower

Upper

SIMD (Least deprived)

2

0.920

0.610

1.388

3

1.388

0.946

2.038

4

1.504*

1.019

2.221

Most deprived

2.44**

1.682

3.542

Educational attainment (Degree/ FE)

Highers/ A'Level

1.611*

1.109

2.342

Standard grade/ GCSE

2.009**

1.437

2.808

None

2.604**

1.795

3.777

Age (18-24)

25-34

1.110

0.696

1.769

35-44

0.855

0.547

1.338

45-54

0.612*

0.381

0.985

55-64

0.613*

0.378

0.993

65+

0.492**

0.302

0.800

Contact with 11-24 year olds in local area (knows most well enough to speak too)

Knows some

1.483

0.965

2.277

Does not know any

1.998**

1.260

3.166

Number of cases in model: 1451

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