Family social environment in childhood and self-rated health in young adulthood

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Comparison of family characteristics during childhood by self-perceived health in adulthood (N = 1006)

	N	General health				Physical health				Psychological health
		Very good	Good	Fair, poor or very poor	p-value	Very good	Good	Fair, poor or very poor	p-value	Very good	Good	Fair, poor or very poor	p-value
Demographics
Age, mean	1006	27.4	28.2	27.3	.020	27.4	28.0	28.0	.124	27.2	28.0	28.4	.010
Female, %	1006	52.2	47.7	66.7	.001	50.1	50.0	35.3	.003	46.9	53.2	60.1	.007
Family characteristics during childhood
Poor maternal relationships, %	1001	8.3	10.4	25.0	< .001	8.5	10.7	20.8	< .001	7.1	11.0	20.9	< .001
Poor paternal relationships, %	1004	20.0	28.4	38.6	< .001	19.1	29.5	32.7	< .001	15.7	29.3	40.1	< .001
Interparental violence, %	991	11.8	21.3	27.1	< .001	13.3	19.2	24.7	.003	12.2	17.4	30.9	< .001
Parental divorce or separation, %	1006	16.8	20.8	28.8	.007	15.9	21.3	26.7	.009	16.6	20.7	25.3	.036

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