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. 2006 Nov;60(11):974–980. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.044768

Table 2 Relationship between measures of socioeconomic position and disability (n = 723).

n (%) overall % In highest tertile of Disability Score OR (95% CI), p value for reported disability (adjusted for sex)
Periods of perceived financial hardship in adult life
 0 509 (70.4) 29.3 1
 1 105 (14.5) 41.9 1.70 (1.10 to 2.62), 0.017
 2 68 (9.4) 41.2 1.67 (0.99 to 2.81), 0.053
 3 15 (2.1) 53.3 2.64 (0.94 to 7.46), 0.066
 4 26 (3.6) 46.2 2.04 (0.92 to 4.55), 0.078
Periods of material disadvantage in adult life
 0 94 (13.0) 23.4 1
 1 315 (43.6) 27.3 1.23 (0.72 to 2.11), 0.451
 2 147 (20.3) 37.4 1.99 (1.11 to 3.57), 0.021
 3 79 (10.9) 40.5 2.26 (1.17 to 4.36), 0.016
 4 88 (12.2) 52.3 3.73 (1.97 to 7.08), <0.001
Occupational social class
 I and II 46 (28.5) 24.8 1
 IIINM 160 (16.3) 26.3 1.03 (0.61 to 1.73), 0.921
 IIIM 118 (34.2) 34.8 1.72 (1.13 to 2.60), 0.011
 IV 247 (14.9) 44.4 2.49 (1.52 to 4.10), <0.001
 V 108 (6.1) 56.8 3.85 (1.95 to 7.60), <0.001