Table 4.

Effects of cumulative exposure to NH disadvantage from ages 0–17 on self-rated fair/poor health in early adulthood, n=1,757 (log odds ratios)

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
	Coef.	SE		Coef.	SE		Coef.	SE		Coef.	SE
Average NH disadvantage				0.38	0.07	***	0.38	0.08	***	0.20	0.10	*
Race (white)
Nonwhite	0.75	0.12	***	0.23	0.15		0.26	0.68		0.34	0.20
NH disadvantage X race							−0.01	0.16
Gender (male)
Female										0.29	0.15
Birthweight (88 ounces or more)
Less than 88 ounces										−0.56	0.29
Mother’s marital status at birth (married)
Unmarried										−0.02	0.29
HH’s education at birth (less than high school)
High school graduate										−0.49	0.18	**
At least some college										−0.66	0.25	**
Mother’s age at birth										0.03	0.02
NH disadvantage at birth										0.08	0.09
HH’s marital status at birth (married)
Unmarried										0.33	0.31
HH’s employment status at birth (employed)
Unemployed										0.13	0.26
Homeownership at birth (owns home)
Does not own home										0.17	0.16
Family size at birth										−0.04	0.04
Public assistance receipt at birth (none)
Received public assistance										0.04	0.30
Household income at birth										0.21	0.13
HH’s work hours per week at birth										0.00	0.01
Year born (1970–72)
1973–1975										−0.14	0.21
1976–1978										0.06	0.20
1979–1980										0.11	0.23

Notes: Statistics reported for respondents not lost to follow-up before age 18 and who answered at least one self-rated health question in early adulthood; Coefficients are combined estimates from 10 multiple imputation datasets; NH=Neighborhood; HH=Household head;

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001