Table 2.
Distribution (%) of adult socioeconomic indicators by childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and crude associations (OR) between low versus high childhood SEP and adult SEP in SoFIE respondents aged 25-64 years (n = 10,010)
| Childhood socioeconomic position | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (low) | II | III | IV (high) | Crude OR childhood SEP [I v IV] | |
| n = 2,575 | n = 2,495 | n = 2,490 | n = 2,450 | ||
| Adult socioeconomic indicators | col% | col% | col% | col% | OR |
| Highest educational qualification | |||||
| Degree or higher | 10.5% | 13.6% | 20.7% | 29.6% | 0.28 |
| Post school vocational | 37.9% | 38.5% | 42.0% | 38.2% | 0.99 |
| School qualification | 23.1% | 25.7% | 21.1% | 22.4% | 1.04 |
| No qualification | 28.5% | 22.2% | 16.3% | 9.6% | 3.77 |
| Labour market activity | |||||
| Not employed, looking for work | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.37 |
| Not employed, not looking for work | 18.3% | 16.4% | 16.9% | 15.3% | 1.24 |
| Working | 79.8% | 82.6% | 81.7% | 83.1% | 0.81 |
| Household income | |||||
| q1: low - < $21,080 | 10.9% | 11.0% | 11.2% | 7.3% | 1.54 |
| q2: $21,080 - < $34,010 | 18.8% | 16.6% | 14.9% | 14.5% | 1.37 |
| q3: $34,010 - < $49,380 | 21.2% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 17.1% | 1.30 |
| q4: $49,380 - < $72,280 | 24.7% | 23.6% | 24.5% | 22.4% | 1.13 |
| q5: $72,280 - < high | 24.5% | 30.1% | 30.5% | 38.6% | 0.52 |
| NZ Deprivation | |||||
| NZDepQ1 (least) | 18.6% | 22.8% | 21.5% | 29.2% | 0.56 |
| NZDepQ2 | 19.4% | 22.2% | 22.9% | 21.8% | 0.86 |
| NZDepQ3 | 17.5% | 18.0% | 19.1% | 18.8% | 0.92 |
| NZDepQ4 | 22.3% | 20.0% | 19.1% | 19.0% | 1.23 |
| NZDepQ5 (most) | 22.1% | 16.8% | 17.5% | 11.2% | 2.25 |
a Pearsons correlation coefficients between childhood SEP and adult socioeconomic indicators were as follows: education 0.18*; household income 0.09*; labour market activity 0.03; NZ Deprivation 0.13* (*p < 0.0001).