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Construction of a multidimensional measure for social exclusion 61 3 Table 6. Association between social exclusion indices and known risk factors and correlates: standardised regression coefficients and p-values. Index1 Amsterdam Index2 Den Haag en Rotterdam Index3 Utrecht Index SCP a (n=6368) (n=9238) (n=3763) (n=574) β p β p β p β p Educational level Low educational level (no education and primary school) 0.22 ** 0.24 ** 0.24 ** 0.12 ** Ethnic background Non-Western ethnic background 0.28 ** 0.34 ** 0.33 ** 0.18 ** Family situation Single parent with underage child(ren) 0.11 ** 0.13 ** 0.10 ** 0.13 ** Living alone 0.14 ** 0.13 ** 0.15 ** 0.16 ** Labour market position (54 years or younger) Unemployed and/or recipient of social security or disability benefits. (SCP: Receives unemployment benefit, disability benefit or social assistance benefit) 0.34 ** 0.36 ** 0.32 ** -0.03 ns No paid job 0.19 ** 0.19 ** 0.23 ** 0.02 ns Income Income below modal (1,700 Euros net per month) 0.41 ** 0.41 ** 0.38 ** 0.23 ** Health Self-rated health fair or poor 0.34 ** 0.38 ** 0.37 ** 0.19 ** Diagnosed with at least one chronic condition. (SCP: Suffers from a disability or a chronic condition) 0.19 ** 0.19 ** 0.18 ** 0.09 * Impaired in daily activities at home, at school, at work or in their leisure time owing to chronic conditions 0.29 ** 0.29 ** 0.25 ** High risk for anxiety and depression disorder. (SCP: Low subjective well-being) 0.43 ** 0.45 ** 0.43 ** 0.30 ** Self-reliance Received help in completing the health questionnaire. (SCP: Needs help filling in forms) 0.16 ** 0.16 ** 0.18 ** 0.06 ns Low perceived life control & 0.31 ** 0.46 ** Neighbourhood Living in deprived neighbourhood 0.15 ** 0.24 ** 0.24 ** * Significant effect, p<0.05; ** Significant effect, p<0.01; ns Not significant, p>=0.05; % Kessler psychological distress scale (K10), score 30 or higher; & Pearlin & Schooler Mastery Scale, score <=19. a Vrooman and Hoff [10]. Explanatory note. Linear regression analyses were used to assess relationships between social exclusion indices and known risk factors and correlates. Construct validity was considered satisfactory if at least 75% of the associations were in correspondence with predefined hypotheses.