Table 3.
Associations of childhood economic difficulties with poor physical functioning and the contribution of socio-economic circumstances, living arrangements, health behaviours and work–family conflicts
| Inequality indices (95% CIs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 0 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | |
| Age-adjusted | 0 + Socio-economic circumstancesa | 1 + Current economic difficulties | 2 + Health behavioursb | 2 + Living arrangements | 2 + Work–family conflictsc | |
| Helsinki | ||||||
| Women | ||||||
| Childhood economic difficulties | 3.06 (2.04–4.60) | 2.68 (1.77–4.06) | 2.49 (1.64–3.78) | 2.45 (1.61–3.72) | 2.45 (1.61–3.72) | 2.01 (1.30–3.11) |
| Men | ||||||
| Childhood economic difficulties | 2.06 (0.79–5.41) | 1.79 (0.67–4.77) | 1.72 (0.64–4.63) | 1.73 (0.64–4.68) | 1.59 (0.59–4.27) | 1.33 (0.48–3.72) |
| London | ||||||
| Women | ||||||
| Childhood economic difficulties | 1.76 (0.87–3.54) | 1.69 (0.83–3.44) | 1.54 (0.75–3.17) | 1.64 (0.79–3.40) | 1.61 (0.78–3.32) | 1.51 (0.73–3.12) |
| Men | ||||||
| Childhood economic difficulties | 2.18 (1.41–3.36) | 2.19 (1.41–3.38) | 2.10 (1.35–3.25) | 2.06 (1.33–3.21) | 2.09 (1.35–3.23) | 2.02 (1.30–3.13) |
RII (the relative increase in poor physical functioning from the lowest to the highest score of economic difficulties) values from logistic regression analysis, Helsinki and London are given
a: Parental education, own education, occupational class, household income, housing tenure
b: Current smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity, obesity
c: Family-to-work and work-to-family conflict