Health inequality in adolescence. Does stratification occur by familial social background, family affluence, or personal social position?

Table 4 Ordinal logistic regression models for associations between personal social position and poor health. Separate models for each health variable, adjusted for sex and age

	HEALTH INDICATOR
STRATIFICATION INDICATOR	Long-standing illness	Overweight	Use of mental health services	Poor self-rated health	Weekly health complaints
	Cumulative odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals¹⁾
MODELS 1–2²⁾
School achievement³⁾
Much above average	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)
Slightly above average	0.9 (0.7–1.1)	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.1 (0.8–1.7)	1.5 (1.3–1.8)	1.0 (0.9–1.2)
Average	0.8 (0.7–1.1)	1.6 (1.2–2.1)	1.4 (0.9–2.0)	2.1 (1.8–2.4)	1.3 (1.1–1.5)
Below average	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.4 (1.1–1.9)	4.0 (2.7–5.9)	3.7 (3.0–4.5)	2.1 (1.7–2.5)

¹⁾ Statistically significant cumulative odds ratios in bold.
²⁾ Models: Health variable = School achievement + Sex/Age variable.
³⁾ Adolescents not in education or still in comprehensive school at age 16 were classified in the category "below average".

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