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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2015 Jun 27;54:96–112. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.023

Table A3.

Logit Models of Health Status

Birth Age7 Age11 Age16 Age23 Age33 Age42

M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2
Time-constant characteristics


Male −0.40 −0.40 0.44 0.33 0.25 0.26 0.15 0.17 −0.39 −0.38 −0.07 0.06 0.01 0.23


Mother’s age at birth −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 −0.01 −0.01
Maternal grandfather’s social class
 Unskilled manual (ref.)
 Semiskilled −0.05 −0.04 −0.08 −0.07 0.11 0.13 −0.09 −0.09 −0.12 −0.09 −0.33 −0.32 −0.19 −0.17
 Skilled manual/nonmanual 0.00 0.01 −0.18 −0.11 −0.03 0.02 0.00 0.03 −0.13 −0.08 −0.13 −0.10 −0.06 0.00
 Intermediate −0.12 −0.11 −0.02 0.10 0.01 0.07 −0.04 0.00 −0.27 −0.20 −0.28 −0.27 −0.22 −0.21

 Professional −0.49 −0.48 −0.29 −0.18 0.41 0.49 −0.43 −0.40 0.70 0.71 −0.18 −0.17 0.21 0.28

Age mother finished schooling −0.03 −0.03 −0.07 −0.01 −0.05 −0.01 0.04 0.05 −0.01 0.00 −0.05 −0.06 −0.05 −0.06
Age father finished schooling −0.02 −0.02 −0.03 0.04 −0.05 −0.03 0.02 0.03 −0.05 −0.03 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02

Monthly family income 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mother’s marital status at birth −0.43 −0.42 −0.12 0.02 −0.16 −0.09 −0.13 −0.12 −0.01 −0.01 0.00 0.01 −0.11 −0.13

Father’s social class at birth
 Unskilled manual (ref.)

 Semiskilled −0.14 −0.14 −0.01 −0.10 −0.07 −0.06 −0.02 −0.20 −0.15 0.27 0.38 −0.10 −0.02



 Skilled manual −0.13 −0.23 0.02 −0.31 −0.21 −0.12 −0.03 −0.29 −0.21 0.11 0.23 −0.27 −0.19



 Skilled nonmanual 0.01 −0.43 −0.02 −0.15 −0.02 −0.08 0.05 −0.34 −0.21 −0.21 −0.05 −0.67 −0.51


 Intermediate −0.16 −0.33 0.11 −0.02 0.10 −0.09 0.02 −0.48
−0.35 −0.14 −0.01 −0.21 −0.11
 Professional −0.09 −0.36 0.21 0.09 0.16 −0.30 −0.27 −0.07 0.06 −0.34 −0.20 0.04 0.17
Region at birth
 England (ref.)
 Wales −0.03 0.17 0.22 −0.17 −0.37 0.08 0.03 0.07 0.05 0.24 0.21 −0.14 −0.24


 Scotland −0.08 −0.29 0.30 −0.08 −0.20 0.04 0.11 −0.27 −0.09 −0.01 0.05 −0.05 −0.06


Mother’s smoking status
 Nonsmoker (ref.)

 Medium smoker 0.27 0.27 −0.03 −0.10 0.15 0.09 0.06 0.04 −0.04 −0.08 0.11 0.09 0.14 0.11


 Heavy smoker 0.60 0.61 0.21 0.13 0.01 −0.05 −0.04 −0.06 0.19 0.14 0.17 0.13 0.25 0.27


 Variable smoker 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.07 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.19 0.12 −0.11 −0.13 0.09 0.06


Breastfed as infant −0.04 0.01 −0.21 −0.17 −0.09 −0.06 −0.10 −0.07 0.10 0.15 −0.27 −0.24


Both parents present −0.19 −0.09 −0.06 −0.01 −0.09 −0.06 −0.21 −0.18 −0.16 −0.13 −0.16 −0.12 −0.19 −0.09
Child’s post-school expectations
 Get a job (ref.)


 Continue full-time education −0.27 0.05 −0.22 −0.11 −0.04 0.10 −0.14 −0.06 −0.09 −0.03


 Not sure −0.29 −0.17 −0.21 −0.15 0.10 0.16 −0.03 0.01 −0.09 −0.06




Average number of O-levels −0.04 0.01 −0.11 −0.03 −0.10 −0.06 −0.07 −0.05




Time-varying characteristics


Previous health status 0.38 0.14 1.76 1.59 1.32 1.23 0.63 0.58 1.87 1.79 2.00 1.92


Father’s social class
 Unskilled manual (ref.)
 Semiskilled −0.03 0.13 0.00
 Skilled manual −0.09 −0.03 0.00
 Skilled nonmanual −0.14 0.11 −0.02
 Intermediate −0.34 0.14 −0.10
 Professional −0.42 0.40 0.09
Mother’s employment status 0.12 −0.02 −0.03
Number of children 0.03 −0.06 0.00
Number of moves 0.02 0.01 0.03
Region
 England (ref.)
 Wales −0.04 0.16 −0.01
 Scotland −0.43 0.12 −0.04
Parental school expectations
 Leave at minimum age (ref.)
 Stay past minimum age −0.12
0.00
0.03
Reading comprehension −0.51
−0.43
−0.33
Math −0.21
−0.07 0.04
Social class
 Unskilled manual (ref.)
 Semiskilled −0.11 −0.21
 Skilled manual −0.35 −0.16
−0.44
 Skilled nonmanual −0.36
−0.39
−0.57
 Intermediate −0.75
−0.36
−0.50
 Professional −0.38 −0.79
−0.29
NVQ level
 Level 1 (ref.)

 Level 2 −0.39
−0.42
0.06
 Level 3 −0.74
−0.22
−0.09
 Level 4 −0.71
−0.30
0.02
 Level 5 −1.15
−0.16
−0.34
Employment status −0.36
−0.59
−1.30
Marital status −0.18 −0.17 −0.03

Note: M1 and M2 are used for computing the numerators and denominators of the stabilized IPT weights, respectively. Shaded cells indicate statistical significance at the .05 level.