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. 2012 Aug 13;12:650. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-650

Table 5.

Age-adjusted odds ratios (95% Confidence Intervals) for self-reported stress by educational level, employment status and household income level during different study periods between years 1979–2002, women

 
Age-adjusted model
Age + all SES variables
Age + all SES variables + depression
 
79-82
83-87
88-92
93-97
98-02
1979-20021
1979-20021
1979-20021
  OR OR OR OR OR OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Educational level
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Highest
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
1.00
 
1.00
 
Intermediate
0.88
0.68
0.67
0.87
0.89
0.79
0.74-0.85
0.76
0.71-0.82
0.72
0.67-0.79
Lowest
1.03
0.73
0.60
0.75
0.95
0.80
0.74-0.86
0.76
0.70-0.82
0.70
0.64-0.77
Interaction study period*educational level p < .001
Employment status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Employed
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
1.00
 
1.00
 
Student
2.36
1.33
1.90
1.12
1.28
1.57
1.33-1.85
1.45
1.22-1.71
1.40
1.20-1.74
Housewife
1.04
0.71
0.67
0.71
0.69
0.79
0.71-0.88
0.75
0.67-0.84
0.69
0.61-0.78
Retired
2.21
1.47
1.00
0.88
0.98
1.36
1.22-1.52
1.29
1.16-1.45
0.95
0.84-1.07
Unemployed
2.39
1.37
1.61
1.06
1.56
1.45
1.28-1.64
1.37
1.20-1.55
0.99
0.86-1.14
Interaction study period*employment status p < .001
Household income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Highest
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
1.00
 
1.00
 
2. highest
0.88
1.01
0.78
0.89
0.78
0.86
0.79-0.94
0.90
0.83-0.99
0.87
0.79-0.96
Middle
1.04
0.71
0.71
0.79
0.82
0.81
0.74-0.89
0.86
0.78-0.94
0.84
0.76-0.93
2. lowest
1.08
0.96
0.70
0.87
0.86
0.89
0.81-0.97
0.95
0.86-1.04
0.91
0.82-1.01
Lowest
1.51
1.08
0.94
1.19
1.09
1.18
1.08-1.29
1.26
1.14-1.39
1.18
1.06-1.31
Interaction study period*household income level p = .040

1Adjusted for study period.

*Significant odds ratios in bold.