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Table 7 ORs and 95 % CIs for marital status in adulthood according to mother's marital status and parental occupation

From: The lifelong socioeconomic disadvantage of single-mother background - the Helsinki Birth Cohort study 1934–1944

 

Married

Divorced

Never Married

Ever married

Never divorced

Ever divorced

Model 1

Ref.

.67 (.53–.86)

Ref.

1.20 (1.00–1.44)

n = 1268

n = 11036

n = 8697

n = 3607

Model 2

Ref.

.66 (.51–.85)

Ref.

1.24 (1.02–1.49)

n = 1210

n = 10476

n = 8257

n = 3429

Model 3

Ref.

.68 (.53–.89)

Ref.

1.20 (.99–1.49)

 

n = 1210

n = 10476

n = 7337

n = 3074

  1. Marital status as recorded in the National Census at 5-year intervals between 1970 and 2000
  2. Model 1 adjusted for year of birth and sex
  3. Model 2 adjusted as in model 1 + birth order, birth weight, mother’s age, length of gestation and evacuation abroad without parents during World War II
  4. Model 3 adjusted as in model 2 + mother’s occupational status (clerical/worker)
  5. OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals
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BMC Public Health

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