TABLE 3.

Mortality odds ratios by maternal and paternal age. Data: 10% sample from the Finnish census of 1950 with mortality follow-up from 1971 to 31^st December 2007 and over ages 50 to 72. N = 86,283 persons, 8,128 deaths.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5

	Maternal age	Paternal age	Maternal age	Paternal age	Maternal age	Paternal age	Maternal age	Paternal age	Maternal and paternal ages
Maternal age (ref: 25–29)
14–19	1.00		0.93		0.92		0.93		0.92
20–24	1.01		0.99		0.99		1.00		1.00
30–34	0.99		0.99		0.99		0.97		0.99
35–39	1.01		1.01		0.98		0.95		0.99
40–49	1.10^*		1.07^{^} t		1.03		0.96		1.02
Factor significance^a	<0.1		>0.1		>0.1		>0.1		>0.1
Paternal age (ref: 25–29)
14–19		1.05		1.02		0.99		1.00	1.01
20–24		1.06		1.03		1.01		1.02	1.03
30–34		1.03		1.05		1.03		1.02	1.02
35–39		1.01		1.02		0.98		0.95	0.95
40–49		1.08^*		1.07^{^} t		1.02		0.95	0.95
50–64		1.04		1.02		0.94		0.92	0.93
Factor significance^a		<0.1		>0.1		>0.1		>0.1	>0.1
Parental SES
Family educ. (ref: < primary)
Primary			0.92^*	0.92^**	0.98	0.97	0.99	0.98	0.98
Beyond primary			0.88^*	0.87^*	1.04	1.03	1.05	1.04	1.04
Factor significance^a			<0.05	<0.05	>.10	>.10	>.10	>.10	>.10
Occupation of family head (ref:
Professional/admin.			0.82^***	0.82^***	0.92^*	0.92^*	0.92^{^} t	0.92^{^} t	0.92^{^} t
Farmers, < 10 hectares			0.84^***	0.84^***	0.86^***	0.87^***	0.87^***	0.87^***	0.87^***
Farmers, >= 10 hectares			0.74^***	0.74^***	0.81^***	0.81^***	0.81^***	0.82^***	0.81^***
Other			0.95	0.95	0.99	0.99	0.98	0.99	0.99
Factor significance^a			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
No. of children aged <18 (ref: 2)
1			1.05	1.06	1.05	1.05	1.04	1.05	1.05
3			0.96	0.96	0.94^{^} t	0.94^{^} t	0.94^{^} t	0.94^{^} t	0.94^{^} t
4+			0.97	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96
Factor significance^a			>.10	>.10	>.10	>.10	>.10	>.10	>.10
No. of persons /heated room			1.02^**	1.02^**	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Swedish speaking (ref: Finnish)			0.81^***	0.81^***	0.80^***	0.80^***	0.80^***	0.80^***	0.80^***
Own SES
Education (ref: 9 years)
10–11 years					0.80^***	0.80^***	0.80^***	0.80^***	0.80^***
12 years					0.72^***	0.72^***	0.73^***	0.73^***	0.73^***
13+ years					0.53^***	0.53^***	0.54^***	0.54^***	0.54^***
Factor significance^a					<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Marital status (ref: Never marr.)
Married					0.57^***	0.57^***	0.57^***	0.57^***	0.57^***
Separated/divorced/widow					1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01
Factor significance^a					<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Has children					0.85^***	0.85^***	0.86^***	0.86^***	0.86^***
Own home					0.76^***	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.76^***
Parental survival
Mother alive when ego 35							0.92^**	0.92^**	0.92^**
Father alive when ego 35							0.89^***	0.88^***	0.88^***
Factor significance^a							<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Log likelihood	−45972.8	−45973.2	−45477.7	−45477.5	−44823.8	−44823.2	−44806.7	−44803.6	−44802.8

^{^}

t p<.10

p<.05

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001;

Significance level of the factor variable; All models control for sex, year of birth and period effects