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. 2011 Jan 17;11:42. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-42

Table 2.

Associations of indictors of early life conditions and adult socioeconomic status

Number of siblings People/rooma Parents owned houseb Parents owned carb Reported being bulliedb Father's occup categoryc Leg length Household income Years of Education Current home statusd
Early life conditions
 Number of siblings - 29.0%*** 4.0%*** 1.3%* 0.0% 4.9%*** 1.3%** 2.6%** 4.0%*** 6.6%***
 People/rooma 29.0%*** - 34.0%*** 19.3%*** 0.4% 27.9%*** 3.6%*** 9.1%*** 14.4%*** 16.7%***
 Parents owned homeb 2.8%*** 22.3%*** - 26.9%*** 0.0% 31.3%*** 2.5%*** 5.3%*** 13.8%*** 17.6%***
 Parents owned carb 0.9%* 13.9%*** 28.5%*** - 0.0% 19.9%*** 1.4%** 10.5%*** 10.5%*** 14.1%***
 Reported being bulliedb 1.0%* 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% - 0.1% 0.6% 3.8%*** 0.1% 2.8%**
 Fathers occup categoryc 3.6%*** 19.8%*** 32.8%*** 19.8%*** 0.1% - 1.4%** 6.5%*** 15.6%*** 12.7%***
 Leg length 1.3%** 3.6%*** 3.5%*** 1.9%** 0.5% 1.9%** - 1.0%* 4.9%*** 2.0%**
Adult socioeconomic status
 Household income 2.6%*** 9.1%*** 8.2%*** 14.0%*** 0.0% 8.8%*** 1.0%* - 19.5%*** 43.9%***
 Years of Education 4.0%*** 14.4%*** 18.9%*** 13.8%*** 0.1% 20.4%*** 4.9%*** 19.5%*** - 31.3%***
 Current home statusd 4.7%*** 12.3%*** 18.3%*** 13.9%*** 0.1% 12.4%*** 1.5%** 34.5%*** 21.9%*** -

Variables in the rows are used to predict variables in the columns, using linear or logistic regression as appropriate.

R2 for logistic regression is Nagelkerke generalised R

a log-transformed

b Yes vs. No for Parents owned house; Parents owned car; and Reported being bullied

c Non manual vs. Manual for Fathers occupational category

d Tenant vs. Owner occupier for current (adult) home status

* 0.01 ≥ p < 0.05; ** 0.001 ≥ p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.