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Table 2 Distribution (%) of adult socioeconomic indicators by childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and crude associations (OR) between low versus high childhood SEP and adult SEP in SoFIE respondents aged 25-64 years (n = 10,010)

From: Effects of childhood socioeconomic position on subjective health and health behaviours in adulthood: how much is mediated by adult socioeconomic position?

 

Childhood socioeconomic position

 
 

I (low)

II

III

IV (high)

Crude OR childhood SEP [I v IV]

 

n = 2,575

n = 2,495

n = 2,490

n = 2,450

 

Adult socioeconomic indicators

col%

col%

col%

col%

OR

Highest educational qualification

     

Degree or higher

10.5%

13.6%

20.7%

29.6%

0.28

Post school vocational

37.9%

38.5%

42.0%

38.2%

0.99

School qualification

23.1%

25.7%

21.1%

22.4%

1.04

No qualification

28.5%

22.2%

16.3%

9.6%

3.77

Labour market activity

     

Not employed, looking for work

1.9%

1.2%

1.4%

1.4%

1.37

Not employed, not looking for work

18.3%

16.4%

16.9%

15.3%

1.24

Working

79.8%

82.6%

81.7%

83.1%

0.81

Household income

     

q1: low - < $21,080

10.9%

11.0%

11.2%

7.3%

1.54

q2: $21,080 - < $34,010

18.8%

16.6%

14.9%

14.5%

1.37

q3: $34,010 - < $49,380

21.2%

18.8%

18.9%

17.1%

1.30

q4: $49,380 - < $72,280

24.7%

23.6%

24.5%

22.4%

1.13

q5: $72,280 - < high

24.5%

30.1%

30.5%

38.6%

0.52

NZ Deprivation

     

NZDepQ1 (least)

18.6%

22.8%

21.5%

29.2%

0.56

NZDepQ2

19.4%

22.2%

22.9%

21.8%

0.86

NZDepQ3

17.5%

18.0%

19.1%

18.8%

0.92

NZDepQ4

22.3%

20.0%

19.1%

19.0%

1.23

NZDepQ5 (most)

22.1%

16.8%

17.5%

11.2%

2.25

  1. a Pearsons correlation coefficients between childhood SEP and adult socioeconomic indicators were as follows: education 0.18*; household income 0.09*; labour market activity 0.03; NZ Deprivation 0.13* (*p < 0.0001).