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From: Does Socioeconomic Status Moderate the Relationship Between School Belonging and School-Related factors in Australia?

  Mean 95% confidence interval
Belonging    
Low − 0.095 − 0.146 − 0.044
Middle 0.018 − 0.017 0.053
High 0.186 0.132 0.240
Teacher support   
Low − 0.062 − 0.112 − 0.012
Middle − 0.011 − 0.047 0.024
High 0.114 0.065 0.162
Bullying    
Low 0.062 0.010 0.113
Middle − 0.014 − 0.048 0.021
High − 0.102 − 0.150 − 0.054