The influence of both individual and area based socioeconomic status on temporal trends in Caesarean sections in Scotland 1980-2000

Fairley, Lesley; Dundas, Ruth; Leyland, Alastair H

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-330

Table 6 Variance estimates (se) from multilevel logistic regression for elective Caesarean sections for Health Board and Postcode Sector, Scotland 1980-2000

From: The influence of both individual and area based socioeconomic status on temporal trends in Caesarean sections in Scotland 1980-2000

			1980-81
	Null	Maternal factors	Model SC	Model AD	Model SC+AD
All Births
Health Board	0.728 (0.281)	0.707 (0.274)	0.707 (0.274)	0.690 (0.267)	0.688 (0.266)
Postcode Sector	0.026 (0.010)	0.03 (0.011)	0.03 (0.011)	0.028 (0.011)	0.028 (0.011)
No previous Caesarean section
Health Board	0.809 (0.325)	0.809 (0.326)	0.808 (0.325)	0.794 (0.320)	0.795 (0.320)
Postcode Sector	0.064 (0.023)	0.079 (0.025)	0.079 (0.025)	0.078 (0.025)	0.078 (0.025)
Previous Caesarean section
Health Board	0.988 (0.386)	1.099 (0.428)	1.102 (0.429)	1.044 (0.408)	1.037 (0.405)
Postcode Sector	0.053 (0.028)	0.032 (0.028)	0.034 (0.028)	0.028 (0.028)	0.029 (0.028)
			1990-91
	Null	Maternal factors	Model SC	Model AD	Model SC+AD
All Births
Health Board	0.038 (0.018)	0.023 (0.011)	0.023 (0.011)	0.023 (0.011)	0.023 (0.011)
Postcode Sector	0.02 (0.010)	0.011 (0.010)	0.011 (0.010)	0.011 (0.010)	0.011 (0.010)
No previous Caesarean section
Health Board	0.054 (0.029)	0.031 (0.019)	0.03 (0.019)	0.03 (0.019)	0.03 (0.019)
Postcode Sector	0.081 (0.038)	0.063 (0.019)	0.063 (0.037)	0.063 (0.037)	0.063 (0.037)
Previous Caesarean section
Health Board	0.058 (0.028)	0.040 (0.021)	0.040 (0.021)	0.039 (0.020)	0.039 (0.020)
Postcode Sector	0.040 (0.021)	0.035 (0.023)	0.035 (0.023)	0.034 (0.023)	0.034 (0.023)
			1999-2000
	Null	Maternal factors	Model SC	Model AD	Model SC+AD
All Births
Health Board	0.037 (0.018)	0.03 (0.015)	0.031 (0.015)	0.034 (0.016)	0.034 (0.016)
Postcode Sector	0.087 (0.015)	0.066 (0.014)	0.065 (0.014)	0.063 (0.014)	0.062 (0.014)
No previous Caesarean section
Health Board	0.123 (0.058)	0.100 (0.048)	0.100 (0.048)	0.113 (0.053)	0.112 (0.053)
Postcode Sector	0.211 (0.043)	0.153 (0.038)	0.151 (0.038)	0.144 (0.038)	0.144 (0.037)
Previous Caesarean section
Health Board	0.072 (0.035)	0.063 (0.031)	0.065 (0.032)	0.066 (0.032)	0.066 (0.032)
Postcode Sector	0.106 (0.030)	0.095 (0.032)	0.095 (0.032)	0.094 (0.032)	0.094 (0.032)

Null model - contains intercept only
Maternal factors - adjusts for maternal age, maternal height, parity, gestational age and marital status
Model SC (social class) - additionally adjusts only for social class
Model AD (area deprivation) - additionally adjusts only for area deprivation
Model SC+AD - additionally adjusts for both social class and area deprivation

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