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Table 2 Bivariate analyses: associations between indicators of childhood/adulthood gendered life, and childhood gendered life and health outcomes; in total and by gender, odds ratios (OR), 95 % confidence intervals (CI) in brackets

From: The importance of childhood and adulthood aspects of gendered life for adult mental ill-health symptoms – a 27-year follow-up of the Northern Swedish Cohort

Childhood gender & Health outcome:Childhood gender & Adulthood gender:

OR Traditional childhood

OR Anxious symptoms(age 42)

OR Depressive symptoms(age 42)

Traditional (reference) Non-traditional childhood

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1 1.09 (0.66–1.80) Women: 1.35 (0.71–2.57) Men: 0.82 (0.37–1.80)

1 1.09 (0.71–1.66) Women: 1.37 (0.81–2.34) Men: 0.72 (0.34–1.52)

Traditional (reference) Non-traditional ideology (age 30)

1 1.22 (0.92–1.62) Women: 1.42 (0.88–2.29) Men: 1.10 (0.76–1.58)

1 0.62 (0.37–1.03) Women: 0.37 (0.19–0.74) Men: 0.90 (0.40–1.99)

1 1.04 (0.64–1.70) Women: 0.80 (0.42–1.52) Men: 1.00 (0.45–2.20)

Traditional (reference) Non-traditional childcare (age 30)

1 0.81 (0.59–1.12) Women: 0.75 (0.48–1.18) Men: 0.91 (0.57–1.45)

1 1.35 (0.73–2.48) Women: 1.50 (0.71–3.18) Men: 1.48 (0.50–4.39)

1 0.76 (0.45–1.30) Women: 0.93 (0.49–1.76) Men: 0.75 (0.28–2.03)

Traditional (reference) Non-traditional partnership (age 42)

1 0.95 (0.67–1.37) Women: 0.99 (0.61–1.60) Men: 0.94 (0.55–1.63)

1 0.45 (0.24–0.87) Women: 0.42 (0.19–0.90) Men: 0.64 (0.17–2.41)

1 0.70 (0.38–1.30) Women: 0.63 (0.32–1.24) Men: 2.61 (0.34–20.13)

Traditional (reference) Non-traditional childcare (age 42)

1 1.04 (0.78–1.39) Women: 0.98 (0.66–1.45) Men: 1.38 (0.86–2.20)

1 0.52 (0.30–0.92) Women: 0.88 (0.44–1.74) Men: 0.32 (0.12–0.88)

1 0.53 (0.33–0.85) Women: 0.83 (0.47–1.46) Men: 0.47 (0.18–1.28)