Table 3 Association between self rated poor health and low childhood and adult socioeconomic position in women. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

	Model 1: childhood SEP		Model 2: adult SEP		Model 3: mutually adjusted
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
England	1.93	(1.47, 2.54)			1.75	(1.33, 2.32)
			1.86	(1.40, 2.47)	1.60	(1.17, 2.18)
France	0.91	(0.75, 1.12)			0.85	(0.29, 2.50)
			0.85	(0.29, 2.49)	0.92	(0.75, 1.12)
Germany	1.04	(0.77, 1.41)			0.69	(0.44, 1.06)
			1.41	(0.98, 2.03)	1.62	(1.06, 2.49)
Netherlands	1.98	(1.27, 3.10)			1.75	(1.10, 2.79)
			2.03	(1.30, 3.18)	1.68	(1.06, 2.67)

Model 1: low childhood SES compared with high childhood SES; model 2: low adulthood SES compared with high adulthood SES; model 3: 1 and 2, mutually adjusted. Figures in bold are significant at the p<0.05 level.