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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jul 12;73(7):1088–1096. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.011

Table 3.

Multivariate associations (odds ratios) between childhood SES and the onset of DSM-IV/CIDI disorders at four life-course stagesa

Person-years
4–12 13–19 20–29 30+
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

I. Without CA controls
Parent Occupation
 Never worked/Elementary 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 0.9 (0.6–1.4)
 Low-average prestige 1.0 (0.9–1.3) 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 1.2*(1.0–1.6)
 High-average prestige 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.0 (0.7–1.2) 0.9 (0.6–1.2)
 High prestige - - - -
  χ 23 5.9 1.1 0.4 7.7*
Parent Education
 0–11 years 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 1.0 (0.7–1.4)
 12 years 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.0 (0.8– 1.2) 1.0 (0.8– 1.3) 1.0 (0.8– 1.2)
 13–15 years 1.2 (1.0– 1.5) 1.0 (0.8– 1.2) 1.0 (0.8– 1.3) 0.9 (0.6– 1.2)
 16+ years - - - -
   χ 23 3.9 0.2 2.3 0.6
Financial Hardship
 Yes 2.3* (1.8– 2.9) 1.9* (1.5– 2.4) 1.8* (1.4– 2.4) 1.4* (1.1– 1.9)
  χ 21 43.1* 24.1* 16.4* 6.2*
II. With CA controls
Parent Occupation
 Never worked/Elementary 0.9 (0.7– 1.1) 0.9 (0.6– 1.4) 1.0 (0.8– 1.3) 0.9 (0.6– 1.3)
 Low-average prestige 0.9 (0.8– 1.1) 0.9 (0.8– 1.1) 0.9 (0.8– 1.1) 1.1 (0.9– 1.4)
 High-average prestige 0.8 (0.6– 0.9) 0.9 (0.7– 1.2) 0.9 (0.7– 1.1) 0.8 (0.6– 1.2)
 High prestige - - - -
  χ 23 8.9* 0.8 1.9 4.6
Parent Education
 0–11 years 1.0 (0.8– 1.3) 1.0 (0.7– 1.3) 0.9 (0.7– 1.1) 1.0 (0.8– 1.4)
 12 years 1.0 (0.9– 1.3) 1.0 (0.8– 1.2) 1.0 (0.8– 1.3) 1.0 (0.8– 1.3)
 13–15 years 1.2 (1.0– 1.4) 1.0 (0.8– 1.2) 1.0 (0.8– 1.3) 0.9 (0.7– 1.2)
 16+ years - - - -
  χ 23 4.0 0.3 4.1 0.9
Financial Hardship
 Yes 1.3* (1.0– 1.6) 1.1 (0.9– 1.4) 1.2 (0.9– 1.6) 1.0(0.8– 1.4)
  χ 21 4.7* 0.7 2.0 0.1
    (n1/n2)b (4,780/81,668) (4,780/61,777) (4,615/74,026) 3,693/126,828)
*

Significant at the 0.05 level, two-tailed

a

See footnote 1 to Table 2 for a description of the dataset, overall modeling approach, and control variables.

b

n1=the number of respondents included in the analysis; n2=the number of person-years included in the analysis.