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Table 3 P-values from likelihood ratio tests for associations between SEP variations across the life course from childhood determined by occupation (or parental occupation) and smoking status in mid-adulthood, comparing each life course model with the saturated model, Childhood Determinants of Adult Health study, Australia*

From: Socioeconomic position over the life course from childhood and smoking status in mid-adulthood: results from a 25-year follow-up study

Life course model

Model fit (compared to the saturated model)

P-value

No effect model

<  0.001

Sensitive period model†

0.332

Critical period model

 

 Manual, baseline

< 0.001

 Manual, CDAH-1

0.051

 Manual, CDAH-2

0.028

Accumulation model, No. of times manual

0.117

Social mobility model

 

 Intra-generational mobility

<  0.001

 Any mobility

0.007

  1. CDAH: childhood determinants of adult health
  2. * All models were adjusted for age and sex at CDAH-2
  3. † Life course models in bold are the best-fitting models
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BMC Public Health

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