Table 4.
Model fit statistics from UK data.
| Model | Current Smoking |
Health Limitations |
Poor Mental Health |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIC | P-Value | BIC | P-Value | BIC | P-Value | |
| Basica | 963.2 | – | 862.0 | – | 1288.5b | – |
| Early life poverty | 964.9 | 0.097 | 859.9 | 0.039 | 1294.7 | 0.815 |
| Mid-childhood poverty | 958.5 | 0.014 | 862.1 | 0.037 | 1294.4 | 0.469 |
| Early adolescent poverty | 962.8 | 0.046 | 859.5 | 0.037 | 1295.3 | 0.861 |
| Early upward mobility | 965.5 | 0.159 | 868.6 | 0.849 | 1292.6 | 0.720 |
| Early downward mobility | 969.3 | 0.561 | 868.4 | 0.899 | 1292.6 | 0.217 |
| Late upward mobility | 969.6 | 0.845 | 868.4 | 0.809 | 1295.0 | 0.347 |
| Late downward mobility | 967.9 | 0.410 | 868.4 | 0.874 | 1292.9 | 0.970 |
| Cumulative poverty | 954.8 | 0.004 | 853.0b | 0.003 | 1294.9 | 0.290 |
| Persistent poverty | 953.2b | 0.002 | 859.2 | 0.020 | 1292.8 | 0.231 |
| Any poverty | 966.1 | 0.168 | 859.4 | 0.027 | 1294.4 | 0.672 |
| Best Fitting Variables | ||||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Cumulative povertyc | – | – | 1.46 | 1.14–1.87 | – | – |
| Persistent poverty | 2.20 | 1.32–3.65 | – | – | – | – |
a
Adjusted for gender, mother's ethnicity, family structure at birth, year of birth, mother's age at birth, mother's education, maternal smoking and maternal mental health at age 0.
b
Best fitting model for this outcome.
c
OR indicates increase in risk associated with each period in which poverty was experienced.