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Table 4 Associations between four combinations of childhood (one indicator) and adulthood (four indicators) gendered life for women and men, numbers (n), crude and adjusted Ω 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

 

OR

OR

Anxious symptoms (often/always)

Depressive symptoms(often/always)

Women

Women

Men

Men

Women

Women

Men

Men

 

Crude

Ω

Crude

Ω

Crude

Ω

crude

Ω

Childhood gender /

n=449

n=431

n=481

n=454

n=448

n=431

n=482

n=455

Adult ideology (age 30):

Traditional/Traditional (ref)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Traditional/Non-traditional

0.34

0.24

0.64

0.81

0.87

0.67

0.68

1.09

(0.120.98)

(0.08–0.75)

(0.21–1.90)

(0.22–3.00)

(0.31–2.44)

(0.22–2.00)

(0.25–1.86)

(0.31–3.82)

Non-traditional/Traditional

1.26

0.67

0.58

0.61

1.56

1.26

0.36

0.49

(0.40–3.92)

(0.19–2.37)

(0.16–2.13)

(0.13–2.81)

(0.47–5.12)

(0.35–4.50)

(0.09–1.45)

(0.10–2.49)

Non-traditional/Non-traditional

0.42

0.22

0.64

0.98

0.99

0.81

0.61

1.06

(0.15–1.20)

(0.07–0.70)

(0.22–1.93)

(0.26–3.62)

(0.35–2.80)

(0.27–2.41)

(0.22–1.71)

(0.29–3.88)

Childhood gender/

n = 333

n = 316

n = 278

n = 266

n = 332

n = 316

n = 278

n = 266

Adult childcare (age 30)

Traditional/Traditional (ref)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Traditional/Non-traditional

2.98

3.09

1.45

2.25

1.09

1.10

0.79

0.98

Non-traditional/Traditional

(0.95–9.36)

(0.90–10.62)

(0.37–5.65)

(0.42–12.00)

(0.42–2.85)

(0.38–3.23)

(0.24–2.63)

(0.24–4.12)

Non-traditional/Non-traditional

2.34

1.78

0.46

0.71

1.42

1.50

0.38

0.31

(0.83–6.58)

(0.58–5.48)

(0.08–2.58)

(0.10–4.85)

(0.67–3.00)

(0.65–3.46)

(0.09–1.53)

(0.06–1.74)

Non-traditional/Non-traditional

2.17

0.94

0.72

1.23

1.26

1.03

0.26

0.32

(0.67–7.04)

(0.22–4.01)

(0.15–3.33)

(0.22–6.93)

(0.52–3.08)

(0.36–2.69)

(0.05–1.28)

(0.06–1.76)

Childhood gender/

n = 371

n = 355

n = 373

n = 355

n = 370

n = 355

n = 374

n = 355

Adult partnership (age 42)

Traditional/Traditional (ref)

1

1

1

1

1

1

  

Traditional/Non-traditional

0.46

0.50

1.23

0.97

0.52

0.53

  

(0.14–1.47)

(0.15–1.75)

(0.14–10.64)

(0.08–11.27)

(0.20–1.41)

(0.181.53)

  

Non-traditional/Traditional

1.30

1.14

1.93

1.54

0.88

0.72

  

(0.36–4.63)

(0.27–4.86)

(0.17–22.50)

(0.09–25.32)

(0.27–2.88)

(0.192.69)

  

Non-traditional/Non-traditional

0.60

0.48

0.72

0.93

0.73

0.78

  

(0.19–1.86)

(0.14–1.68)

(0.08–6.72)

(0.08–11.01)

(0.28–1.90)

(0.282.20)

  

Childhood gender/

n = 403

n = 386

n = 370

n = 354

n = 402

n = 386

n = 371

n=355

Adult childcare (age 42)

Traditional/Traditional (ref)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0.75

0.82

0.21

0.24

1.09

1.49

0.17

0.16

Traditional/Non-traditional

(0.26–2.14)

(0.27–2.44)

(0.05–0.81)

(0.04–1.25)

(0.48–2.49)

(0.61–3.66)

(0.04–0.62)

(0.03–0.82)

1.34

1.15

0.40

0.44

1.66

1.90

0.10

0.10

Non-traditional/Traditional

(0.55–3.24)

(0.45–2.98)

(0.09–1.78)

(0.08–2.45)

(0.79–3.47)

(0.84–4.32)

(0.01–0.88)

(0.01–1.01)

1.25

0.88

0.20

0.25

1.07

1.20

0.24

0.22

Non-traditional/Non-traditional

(0.48–3.22)

(0.30–2.60)

(0.05–0.78)

(0.05–1.17)

(0.46–2.48)

(0.46–3.15)

(0.07–0.81)

(0.05–0.91)

  1. Ω adjusted for baseline anxious and depressive symptoms (age 16), perceived childhood class (age 16), divorced/dead parents (age 16), three levels of education (age 30), being married/cohabiting (age 30, in the childcare analyses), and number of children (age 30, in the partnership analysis).
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