Table 3.

Body dissatisfaction during the life course by educational attainment by age 52 among women and men. Multinomial logistic regression

	Women			Men
	Model 1 (N = 881)	Model 2 (N = 867)	Model 3 (N = 756)	Model 1 (N = 738)	Model 2 (N = 735)	Model 3 (N = 611)
	RRR (CI 95%)	RRR (CI 95%)	RRR (CI 95%)	RRR (CI 95%)	RRR (CI 95%)	RRR (CI 95%)
Steady positive body image (reference category)
Steady neutral body image
Vocational education or less 22–52 y
At least lower college education completed 22–52 y	0.69 (0.49–0.95)*	0.72 (0.51–1.01)	0.73 (0.51–1.06)	0.61 (0.45–0.83)**	0.62 (0.45–0.84)**	0.55 (0.39–0.78)**
Increasing body dissatisfaction
Vocational education or less 22–52 y
At least lower college education completed 22–52 y	0.67 (0.46–0.99)*	0.72 (0.48–1.10)	0.72 (0.45–1.15)	0.63 (0.36–1.11)	0.65 (0.36–1.16)	0.51 (0.25–1.02)

Model 1: Lower college education or higher completed 22–52 years

Model 2: Lower college education or higher completed 22–52 years and mean BMI 22–52 years

Model 3: Lower college education or higher completed 22–52 years, mean BMI 22–52 years, being married or cohabiting in most of the follow-ups 22–52 years and having children in any of the follow-ups 22–52 years

No significant interactions (p < 0.05) between gender and education were found

RRR relative risk ratio, CI 95%, 95% confidence interval

**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05