Table 2.
Odds ratios* (95% confidence intervals) for poor general health by social class in childhood†; separately and simultaneously adjusted for external locus of control, neuroticism, and active problem focused coping
| Detail | Model A: adjusted for confounders only* | Model B: adjusted for confounders and following variable
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| External locus of control
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Neuroticism
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Active problem focused coping
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All three variables
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| Odds ratio | % Reduction‡ | Odds ratio | % Reduction‡ | Odds ratio | % Reduction‡ | Odds ratio | % Reduction‡ | |||||
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||||||||
| Model 1 (unadjusted) | ||||||||||||
| Childhood social class: | ||||||||||||
| 1 (high) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 2 | 1.39 (0.85 to 2.28) | 1.28 (0.77 to 2.14) | 0.28 | 1.20 (0.72 to 2.01) | 0.49 | 1.35 (0.81 to 2.24) | 0.10 | 1.18 (0.69 to 2.01) | 0.54 | |||
| 3 | 1.50 (0.92 to 2.45) | 1.30 (0.78 to 2.16) | 0.40 | 1.37 (0.82 to 2.28) | 0.26 | 1.44 (0.87 to 2.38) | 0.12 | 1.28 (0.75 to 2.17) | 0.44 | |||
| 4 | 1.84 (1.15 to 2.96) | 1.50 (0.92 to 2.45) | 0.41 | 1.68 (1.02 to 2.74) | 0.19 | 1.67 (1.02 to 2.71) | 0.20 | 1.49 (0.89 to 2.49) | 0.42 | |||
| 5 (low) | 2.10 (1.29 to 3.41) | 1.60 (0.97 to 2.65) | 0.46 | 1.75 (1.06 to 2.90) | 0.32 | 1.90 (1.16 to 3.13) | 0.18 | 1.49 (0.88 to 2.52) | 0.56 | |||
| Model 2 (adjusted for adult social class) | ||||||||||||
| Childhood social class: | ||||||||||||
| 1 (high) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 2 | 1.36 (0.83 to 2.24) | 1.29 (0.77 to 2.15) | 0.19 | 1.19 (0.71 to 2.00) | 0.47 | 1.35 (0.81 to 2.25) | 0.30 | 1.18 (0.69 to 2.02) | 0.50 | |||
| 3 | 1.32 (0.80 to 2.18) | 1.23 (0.74 to 2.05) | 0.28 | 1.23 (0.74 to 2.06) | 0.28 | 1.33 (0.80 to 2.21) | 0 | 1.23 (0.72 to 2.10) | 0.28 | |||
| 4 | 1.50 (0.92 to 2.43) | 1.36 (0.82 to 2.23) | 0.28 | 1.39 (0.84 to 2.29) | 0.22 | 1.43 (0.87 to 2.36) | 0.14 | 1.37 (0.81 to 2.30) | 0.26 | |||
| 5 (low) | 1.67 (1.02 to 2.75) | 1.45 (0.87 to 2.43) | 0.33 | 1.44 (0.86 to 2.41) | 0.34 | 1.62 (0.98 to 2.70) | 0.80 | 1.37 (0.81 to 2.35) | 0.45 | |||
*
Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, level of urbanisation, and religious affiliation.
†
Childhood social class: (1) higher grade professionals, (2) lower grade professionals or routine non-manual workers, (3) self employed workers, (4) skilled manual workers, and (5) unskilled manual workers. Homemakers added as separate, sixth category for adult social class.
‡
Only percentage reduction in odds ratios computed: ((OR(model A)−OR(model B))/(OR(model A)−1))×100.