Table 4 Adjusted § odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of parental employment status and health-related living conditions of 6-year-old children in East Germany (1991–2000) for the determinants parental educational level, time and region, by means of logistic regression analysis
Independent variables | Dependent variables – OR (95%CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother and father not in paid employment | Small living space (per-capita < 20 m2) | Damp housing condition | Single oven heating at child's home | Living at busy road (< 50 m to traffic) | |
N = 5406 | N = 24079 | N = 23778 | N = 22660 | N = 23662 | |
Parental educational level high (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Parental educational level middle | 2.89 (1.13–7.39) | 1.34 (1.22–1.47) | 1.82 (1.58–2.11) | 1.55 (1.41–1.70) | 1.15 (1.05–1.26) |
Parental educational level low | 24.82 (3.90–158.10) | 2.22 (1.78–2.76) | 4.28 (3.38–5.41) | 4.83 (3.83–6.10) | 1.57 (1.27–1.94) |
Time (parental educational level high) | 1.16 (1.04–1.29) | 0.85 (0.84–0.86) | 1.00 (0.98–1.03) | 0.82 (0.80–0.83) | 0.98 (0.97–1.00) |
Time (parental educational level middle) | 1.20 (1.13–1.29) | 0.89** (0.88–0.90) | 0.95** (0.91–1.00) | 0.78** (0.77–0.79) | 1.01** (0.99–1.02) |
Time (parental educational level low) | 1.34 (1.09–1.71) | 0.90** (0.87–0.94) | 0.92** (0.88–0.96) | 0.71** (0.23–0.74) | 1.03* (0.90–1.18) |
Region rural areaa (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Region urban areab | 1.55 (1.25–1.93) | 1.43 (1.35–1.51) | 1.78 (1.61–1.97) | 1.90 (1.78–2.04) | 1.35 (1.27–1.43) |