Table 2.

 Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for mortality between ages 26 and 54 years for indicators of socioeconomic conditions in childhood

Indicator	Total sample*	P value	Women†	Men†
Father's social class:
Non-manual	1.0	<0.001	1.0	1.0
Manual	1.9 (1.3 to 2.6)		2.5 (1.4 to 4.5)	1.5 (0.93 to 2.3)
Father's education:
Secondary level	1.0	0.134	1.0	1.0
Primary level only	1.4 (0.91 to 2.0)		1.7 (0.92 to 3.3)	1.1 (0.67 to 1.9)
Mother's education:
Secondary level	1.0	0.254	1.0	1.0
Primary level only	1.3 (0.84 to 1.9)		2.2 (1.1 to 4.5)	0.92 (0.55 to 1.6)
Housing quality (at age 4 years):
Good or intermediate	1.0	0.008	1.0	1.0
Intermediate	1.2 (0.78 to 1.8)		1.0 (0.77 to 1.4)	1.3 (0.96 to 1.8)
Worst	1.7 (1.2 to 2.5)		2.2 (1.2 to 3.8)	1.3 (0.76 to 2.4)
Care of house and child (at age 4 years):
Best	1.0	<0.001	1.0	1.0
Intermediate	1.2 (0.7 to 1.9)		1.8 (0.88 to 3.5)	0.77 (0.39 to 1.5)
Worst	2.1 (1.4 to 3.2)		2.4 (1.3 to 4.3)	1.9 (1.1 to 3.3)

Hazard ratios obtained from Cox's proportional hazards models. 

^*Adjusted for sex only. 

^†Unadjusted.