Table 3.

Effects of early-life conditions and fertility on comorbidity trajectory group membership versus robust group (18.2%), Women age 75–84 in 1992: Odd ratios (95 % CI)

	Initiates (21.6 %)	Chronic Low (29.7 %)	Ailing (16.9 %)	Frail (13.6 %)
Early-Life Conditions
Age in 1992	1.84*	3.89*	2.77*	2.95*
Active member of LDS church	1.05	0.83	0.89	0.93
Inactive member of LDS church	1.12	0.79	0.97	1.05
Nonmember (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Father’s Nam-Powers SES (unit = 10)	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.00
Father farmer	0.93	1.07	1.14	0.93
Missing SES	1.01	1.07	1.11	1.08
FEL in bottom quartile	1.44*	1.41*	1.59*	1.60*
FEL in mid 50 % (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
FEL in top quartile	0.77*	0.83†	0.65*	0.61*
FEL missing	0.91	1.11	0.81	0.78
Orphaned before age 18	0.88	0.97	1.29	0.78
Mother died before child age 18	1.16	1.31†	0.99	1.35*
Father died before child age 18	1.19	1.15	1.27†	1.24
Both parents alive at age 18 (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Fertility
1–2 children	0.98	0.96	0.90	0.89
3–5 children (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
6–8 children	1.01	0.93	1.22†	1.15
9+ children	0.77	0.68	1.17	1.98*
Age at first birth <18	1.45	1.85*	1.97*	2.03*
Age at first birth 18–24 (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Age at first birth ≥ 25	0.86†	0.77*	0.90	0.78*
Age at last birth 35–39	1.07	1.38*	1.01	1.11
Age at last birth ≥ 40	1.13	1.34*	0.89	0.76*
Mother of twins	1.08	0.96	1.02	1.19
One or more short birth intervals	1.04	0.83	1.03	0.89
One or more long birth intervals	0.76*	0.66*	0.82*	0.73*
One or more infant deaths	0.78	0.84	1.00	1.07
Sample Selection Bias
IMR	0.95	1.13	1.12	1.12

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05