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Table 3 Odds ratios (OR and 95% CI) for the associations of childhood SEP with poor self-rated health, high/very high psychological distress, current smoking and binge drinking, adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity and individual measures of adult SEP

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

 

Model 1 adjusted for age, sex and ethnicity

Model 2 adjusted for education

Model 3 adjusted for labour market activity

Model 4 adjusted for household income

Model 5 adjusted for NZDep

Model 6 adjusted for all adult SEP

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

% decline

OR

95% CI

% decline

OR

95% CI

% decline

OR

95% CI

% decline

OR

95% CI

% decline

Poor self rated health

1.82

(1.39-2.38)

1.37

(1.03-1.80)

55%

1.79

(1.36-2.35)

4%

1.55

(1.17-2.03)

33%

1.58

(1.20-2.08)

29%

1.30

(0.98-1.73)

63%

High/Very high psychological distress

1.60

(1.20-2.14)

1.20

(0.89-1.62)

66%

1.57

(1.17-2.10)

6%

1.38

(1.03-1.85)

37%

1.37

(1.02-1.84)

38%

1.12

(0.82-1.52)

80%

Current Smoker

1.70

(1.42-2.03)

1.15

(0.95-1.39)

78%

1.68

(1.40-2.01)

3%

1.49

(1.24-1.79)

30%

1.49

(1.24-1.79)

30%

1.05

(0.86-1.27)

93%

Binge drinker

1.16

(0.98-1.37)

               
  1. a Smoking n = 7,424 (ever smokers removed)
  2. b The % decline in the OR compared with model 1 is statistically significant (p < 0.05), using the Hausman test, for all measures except labour market activity
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