Table 4 Associations between parental BMI, indicators of socioeconomic position, family structure and childhood overweight (univariate models¹)

BMI

Maternal BMI

1.12 (1.08 , 1.16)

1.10 (1.06 , 1.15)

1.09 (1.06 , 1.12)

1.10 (1.06 , 1.14)

Paternal BMI

1.14 (1.10 , 1.20)

1.13 (1.08 , 1.19)

1.11 (1.06 , 1.15)

1.08 (1.03 , 1.13)

Education

Maternal education

0.64 (0.50 , 0.82)

0.75 (0.59 , 0.94)

0.82 (0.66 , 1.01)

0.77 (0.60 , 0.98)

Paternal education

0.57 (0.44 , 0.74)

0.75 (0.59 , 0.94)

0.87 (0.70 , 1.06)

0.80 (0.62 , 1.02)

Maternal labour market status

Full-time employed vs others

1.11 (0.80 , 1.55)

0.87 (0.61 , 1.25)

1.34 (1.00 , 1.80)

1.03 (0.72 , 1.49)

Unemployed vs others

1.53 (0.80 , 2.71)

2.90 (1.60 , 5.24)

0.74 (0.40 , 1.29)

0.51 (0.19 , 1.11)

Paternal labour market status

Full-time employed vs others

1.10 (0.69 , 1.85)

0.84 (0.54 , 1.33)

1.69 (1.05 , 2.87)

1.18 (0.74 , 1.95)

Unemployed vs others

0.64 (0.19 , 1.60)

0.91 (0.36 , 2.02)

0.42 (0.13 , 1.06)

0.54 (0.19 , 1.28)

Income

Self-reported income sufficiency

0.99 (0.79 , 1.23)

0.91 (0.74 , 1.13)

1.00 (0.83 , 1.21)

0.77 (0.62 , 0.96)

Family structure

Reconstituted family vs others

0.91 (0.34 , 2.01)

0.55 (0.27 , 1.02)

1.61 (0.79 , 3.05)

1.49 (0.86 , 2.48)

Single parent family vs others

1.05 (0.60 , 1.73)

1.35 (0.90 , 2.01)

1.09 (0.68 , 1.69)

1.16 (0.76 , 1.73)

Nuclear family vs others

1.28 (0.81 , 2.04)

1.06 (0.75 , 1.51)

1.00 (0.68 , 1.49)

0.70 (0.49 , 0.98)