Skip to main content
. 2017 Jan 30;3(1):e00236. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00236

Table 3.

Proportion (no.) of women externally controlled tabulated against demographic features of their parents.

Features of their parents MOTHERS
FATHERS
%(n) ELOC OR [95% CI] P %(n) ELOC OR [95% CI] P
Year of Birth N = 10647 <0.0001 N = 9876 <0.0001



Pre 1925 31.6% (302) 0.77 [0.65, 0.91] 33.1% (555) 0.84 [0.73, 0.96]
1925–1929 34.9% (465) 0.89 [0.77, 1.03] 36.1% (587) 0.96 [0.84, 1.10]
1930–1934 37.5% (768) 1.00 Ref 37.0% (772) 1.00 Ref
1935–1939 38.0% (896) 1.02 [0.91, 1.16] 41.5% (853) 1.21 [1.06, 1.37]
1940–1944 46.3% (967) 1.44 [1.27, 1.63] 48.0% (696) 1.57 [1.37, 1.80]
Post 1944 59.0% (1103) 2.40 [2.11, 2.73] 61.7% (611) 2.73 [2.34, 3.19]



Ethnic Group N = 11728 0.937 N = 11686 0.434
White 44.1% (5065) 1.00 Ref 44.1% (5029) 1.00 Ref
Non-white 43.9% (107) 0.99 [0.77, 1.28] 41.7% (116) 0.91 [0.71, 1.16]



Education Level N = 8873 <0.0001 N = 8424 <0.0001
≥O-Level 31.1% (962) 1.00 Ref 30.9% (977) 1.00 Ref
<O-Level 47.0% (2712) 1.96 [1.78, 2.17] 47.7% (2511) 2.04 [1.85, 2.22]



Age at birth of woman N = 10656 <0.0001 N = 9889 <0.0001
<25 48.2% (2027) 1.51 [1.39, 1.64] 50.1% (1068) 1.59 [1.44, 1.76]
25-34 38.0% (1981) 1.00 Ref 38.7% (2147) 1.00 Ref
35+ 40.0% (497) 1.09 [0.96, 1.23] 39.4% (511) 1.03 [0.91, 1.17]



Ever Smoked N = 11816 <0.0001 N = 11626 <0.0001
Yes 49.0% (3252) 1.47 [1.37, 1.58] 47.0% (4159) 1.50 [1.37, 1.64]
No 39.5% (2045) 1.00 Ref 37.1% (1028) 1.00 Ref



Smoked when pregnant with subject N = 11769 <0.0001 N/A
Yes 52.5% (2293) 1.64 [1.52, 1.77]
No 40.2% (2978) 1.00 Ref



Social group N = 6573 <0.0001 N = 9634 <0.0001
Higher managerial 36.6% (48) 1.08 [0.74, 1.59] 27.4% (399) 0.69 [0.60, 0.80]
Lower managerial 34.8% (306) 1.00 Ref 35.2% (847) 1.00 Ref
Intermediate 42.0% (519) 1.35 [1.13, 1.62] 37.7% (204) 1.11 [0.92, 1.35]
Small employers 38.3% (80) 1.16 [0.85, 1.59] 48.1% (515) 1.70 [1.47, 1.97]
Lower supervisory 39.6% (19) 1.23 [0.68, 2.22] 46.2% (1101) 1.58 [1.41, 1.78]
Semi-routine 52.3% (678) 2.05 [1.72, 2.45] 48.0% (333) 1.70 [1.43, 2.01]
Routine 58.2% (506) 2.61 [2.15, 3.17] 56.1% (607) 2.35 [2.03, 2.72]