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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 IV.

Childhood Adversities and Time to Pregnancy in 4677 British Women


marital status=never married at age 33
fecundability ratio (unadjusted)
fecundability ratio (adjusted for age at 1st menstruation, BMI and smoking at age 33)
fecundability ratio (adjusted for previous + social class, education, partnership status at age 33)
FR 95% CI P FR 95% CI P FR 95% CI P
Financial hardship
0 0.11 0.14 0.21
1 1.05 (0.68, 1.61) 1.06 (0.68, 1.64) 1.07 (0.68, 1.68)
2+ 0.60 (0.36, 1.01) 0.60 (0.35, 1.04) 0.62 (0.34, 1.15)
No interest in education
0 0.06 0.03 0.31
1 1.03 (0.65, 1.63) 0.99 (0.60, 1.62) 1.15 (0.66, 1.99)
2+ 0.66 (0.44, 1.00) 0.61 (0.39, 0.95) 0.75 (0.44, 1.28)
Family dysfunction
0 0.29 0.31 0.70
1+ 0.78 (0.49, 1.23) 0.77 (0.47, 1.27) 0.90 (0.53, 1.54)
Lack of supportive caregiving
0 0.73 0.81 0.41
1 0.94 (0.61, 1.47) 0.95 (0.61, 1.48) 1.16 (0.71, 1.90)
2+ 1.12 (0.71, 1.79) 1.09 (0.68, 1.76) 1.21 (0.72, 2.01)
Violence/mental health issues
0 0.44 0.32 0.90
1 1.01 (0.69, 1.47) 0.98 (0.66, 1.46) 1.13 (0.73, 1.75)
2+ 0.78 (0.47, 1.30) 0.73 (0.42, 1.25) 0.90 (0.49, 1.64)
Issues of family structure
0 0.89 0.94 0.97
1+ 1.03 (0.70, 1.50) 0.99 (0.67, 1.45) 1.01 (0.67, 1.51)
Overall
0 0.44 0.36 0.85
1 1.34 (0.76, 2.34) 1.24 (0.70, 2.20) 1.36 (0.75, 2.47)
2 1.51 (0.87, 2.62) 1.41 (0.80, 2.51) 1.67 (0.92, 3.01)
3 1.57 (0.80, 3.07) 1.54 (0.79, 3.01) 1.92 (0.92, 3.97)
4+ 0.93 (0.59, 1.48) 0.85 (0.51, 1.42) 1.13 (0.62, 2.06)

marital status=married or had been married at age 33
fecundability ratio (unadjusted)
fecundability ratio (adjusted for age at 1st menstruation, BMI and smoking at age 33)
fecundability ratio (adjusted for previous + social class, education)
p for interaction with marital status
FR 95% CI P FR 95% CI P FR 95% CI P
Financial hardship
0 0.04 0.02 0.31 0.06
1 0.91 (0.83, 0.99) 0.89 (0.82, 0.98) 0.94 (0.86, 1.03)
2+ 0.94 (0.83, 1.06) 0.92 (0.81, 1.04) 0.98 (0.86, 1.12)
No interest in education
0 <0.01 <0.01 0.14 0.01
1 0.89 (0.81, 0.98) 0.86 (0.78, 0.94) 0.94 (0.85, 1.04)
2+ 0.86 (0.79, 0.94) 0.82 (0.75, 0.90) 0.93 (0.84, 1.03)
Family dysfunction
0 0.95 1.00 1.00 <0.01
1+ 1.00 (0.91, 1.11) 1.00 (0.90, 1.11) 1.00 (0.90, 1.11)
Lack of supportive caregiving
0 0.35 0.39 0.06 0.29
1 1.02 (0.93, 1.11) 1.02 (0.93, 1.11) 1.07 (0.98, 1.17)
2+ 1.05 (0.95, 1.17) 1.05 (0.94, 1.16) 1.09 (0.98, 1.21)
Violence/mental health issues
0 0.07 0.05 0.55 <0.01
1 0.93 (0.86, 1.01) 0.92 (0.85, 1.00) 0.97 (0.89, 1.05)
2+ 0.93 (0.83, 1.04) 0.92 (0.82, 1.04) 0.98 (0.87, 1.11)
Issues of family structure
0 0.13 0.22 0.14 0.01
1+ 1.07 (0.98, 1.16) 1.06 (0.97, 1.15) 1.07 (0.98, 1.17)
Overall
0 0.01 <0.01 0.49
1 1.03 (0.92, 1.15) 1.02 (0.91, 1.13) 1.05 (0.93, 1.17)
2 0.90 (0.81, 1.01) 0.89 (0.79, 1.00) 0.96 (0.85, 1.08)
3 0.88 (0.77, 0.99) 0.86 (0.76, 0.97) 0.93 (0.82, 1.06)
4+ 0.91 (0.82, 1.00) 0.87 (0.78, 0.97) 0.99 (0.88, 1.10)

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index