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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;23(12):784–790. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.10.001

Table III.

Childhood Adversities and never having become pregnant in British Women, 1958-2001.

OR (unadjusted)
marital status=never married at age 33
marital status=married or had been married at age 33
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Financial hardship 0 <0.01 0.56
1 0.83 (0.54, 1.26) 0.92 (0.77, 1.10)
2+ 0.26 (0.13, 0.51) 0.98 (0.78, 1.23)
No interest in education
0 <0.01 0.42
1 0.57 (0.36, 0.90) 1.06 (0.89, 1.27)
2+ 0.48 (0.31, 0.74) 0.92 (0.77, 1.09)
Family dysfunction 0 0.30 0.37
1+ 0.78 (0.49, 1.25) 1.09 (0.90, 1.33)
Lack of supportive caregiving 0 0.36 0.81
1 0.97 (0.64, 1.49) 0.96 (0.80, 1.14)
2+ 0.79 (0.49, 1.26) 0.99 (0.80, 1.23)
Violence/mental health issues 0 0.02 1.00
1 0.63 (0.44, 0.91) 0.85 (0.72, 1.00)
2+ 0.63 (0.38, 1.05) 1.12 (0.90, 1.39)
Issues of family structure
0 <0.01 0.47
1+ 0.48 (0.32, 0.73) 0.94 (0.79, 1.11)
Overall 0 <0.01 0.34
1 1.23 (0.72, 2.09) 1.06 (0.85, 1.32)
2 0.87 (0.51, 1.47) 1.06 (0.84, 1.33)
3 0.94 (0.53, 1.68) 0.87 (0.67, 1.12)
4+ 0.48 (0.30, 0.77) 0.95 (0.78, 1.17)

OR (adjusted for age at 1st menstruation, BMI and smoking at age 33)
marital status=never married at age 33
marital status=married or had been married at age 33
OR p OR p
Financial hardship 0 0.01 0.68
1 0.87 (0.56, 1.34) 0.93 (0.78, 1.11)
2+ 0.32 (0.15, 0.66) 0.99 (0.78, 1.26)
No interest in education 0 <0.01 0.56
1 0.73 (0.45, 1.18) 1.07 ().90, 1.29)
2+ 0.52 (0.33, 0.81) 0.93 (0.78, 1.11)
Family dysfunction 0 0.65 0.34
1+ 0.89 (0.55, 1.45) 1.10 (0.90, 1.35)
Lack of supportive caregiving 0 0.25 0.85
1 1.02 (0.65, 1.59) 0.96 (0.80, 1.15)
2+ 0.72 (0.44, 1.17) 1.00 (0.80, 1.23)
Violence/mental health issues
0 0.06 0.82
1 0.68 (0.46, 1.00) 0.86 (0.73, 1.02)
2+ 0.69 (0.40, 1.18) 1.15 (0.92, 1.43)
Issues of family structure
0 <0.01 0.54
1+ 0.54 (0.35, 0.82) 0.95 (0.80, 1.13)
Overall 0 <0.01 0.50
1 1.29 (0.75, 2.24) 1.06 (0.85, 1.33)
2 0.93 (0.54, 1.62) 1.06 (0.85, 1.33)
3 0.98 (0.53, 1.79) 0.88 (0.67, 1.14)
4+ 0.55 (0.33, 0.90) 0.98 (0.79, 1.20)

OR (adjusted for previous + social class, education at age 33)
marital status=never married at age 33
marital status=married or had been married at age 33
interaction by marital status (fully adjusted model)
OR p OR p
Financial hardship
0 0.05 0.77 0.01
1 0.94 (0.60, 1.46) 0.94 (0.78, 1.13)
2+ 0.37 (0.18, 0.78) 1.00 (0.78, 1.28)
No interest in education
0 0.05 0.68 <0.01
1 0.82 (0.49, 1.36) 1.08 (0.89, 1.30)
2+ 0.61 (0.37, 0.99) 0.94 (0.78, 1.15)
Family dysfunction
0 0.91 0.35 0.23
1+ 0.97 (0.59, 1.60) 1.10 (0.90, 1.34)
Lack of supportive caregiving
0 0.50 0.83 0.46
1 1.06 (0.68, 1.66) 0.96 (0.80, 1.16)
2+ 0.80 (0.49, 1.32) 0.99 (0.80, 1.23)
Violence/mental health issues
0 0.37 0.63 0.03
1 0.76 (0.50, 1.15) 0.88 (0.74, 1.04)
2+ 0.85 (0.48, 1.52) 1.18 (0.94, 1.48)
Issues of family structure
0 <0.01 0.62 <0.01
1+ 0.56 (0.37, 0.86) 0.96 (0.80, 1.14)
Overall
0 0.06 0.62 <0.01
1 1.35 (0.78, 2.35) 1.06 (0.85, 1.33)
2 1.00 (0.57, 1.75) 1.07 (0.85, 1.35)
3 1.09 (0.58, 2.02) 0.90 (0.69, 1.18)
4+ 0.65 (0.37, 1.15) 0.99 (0.79, 1.24)

OR, odds ratio; BMI, body mass index

OR, odds ratio; BMI, body mass index

OR, odds ratio; BMI, body mass index