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Table 3 Parameter estimates and P-values for the model fits of each of the theoretical lifecourse socioeconomic models tested against a saturated model

From: Socioeconomic position across the lifecourse & allostatic load: data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 cohort study

 

1970s cohort

1950s cohort

1930s cohort

SEP model

P for model fit

  b

CI (95%)

P for model fit

  b

 CI (95%)

P for model fit

  b

CI (95%)

1a) Accumulation

         

  - Strict

0.90

  −0.50

−0.68, −0.32**

0.54

  −0.31

−0.49, −0.12**

0.99

  −0.01

−0.17, 0.16

  - Relaxed

0.93

  

0.40

  

0.99

  

SEP 1

 

  −0.51

−0.90, −0.13**

 

  −0.15

−0.45, 0.15

 

  −0.10

−0.50, 0.30

SEP 2

 

  −0.84

−1.63, −0.05*

 

  −0.52

−0.97, −0.06*

 

  −0.10

−0.77, 0.57

SEP 3

 

  −0.33

−0.83, 0.17

 

  −0.24

−0.62, 0.13

 

  0.16

−0.58, 0.91

1b) Critical period

         

  - Childhood

0.30

  −0.59

−0.94, −0.24**

0.02

  −0.33

−0.64, −0.01*

0.99

  −0.09

−0.54, 0.36

  - Early adulthood

<0.01

  −1.04

−1.85, −0.23*

0.12

  −0.65

−1.09, −0.22**

0.99

  −0.54

−1.62, 0.53

  - Adulthood

0.02

  −0.57

−1.03, −1.11*

0.13

  −0.47

−0.85, −0.10*

0.99

  0.10

−0.39, 0.59

1c) Social mobility

         

  - Early

0.01

  

0.07

  

0.97

  

Upward

 

  0.44

0.09, 0.80*

 

  −0.09

−0.35, 0.18

 

  −0.03

−0.48, 0.41

Downward

 

  1.09

 −0.95, 3.13

 

  0.67

−0.55, 1.89

 

  −0.14

−0.73, 0.45

  - Adult

<0.01

  

0.08

  

0.97

  

Upward

 

  0.68

−0.47, 1.83

 

  0.57

0.05, 1.09*

 

  0.26

−0.67, 1.19

Downward

 

  0.36

−0.19, 0.91

 

  0.30

−0.05, 0.66

 

  0.13

−0.48, 0.74

No effect

<0.01

  

0.02

  

1.00

  
  1. Where, SEP1 = childhood SEP; SEP2 = SEP during the transition from childhood to adulthood; SEP3 = adulthood SEP.
  2. Bold = best model fit.
  3. *P ≤ 0.05.
  4. **P ≤ 0.01.