Table 4.

Logistic Regression of Cancer Occurrence on Independent Variables for Women, Midlife Development in the United States (Wave 1–1995 and Wave 2–2005)

Independent variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6
Demographic characteristics
Age	1.020**a	1.017c	1.025	1.021*	1.021*	1.025*
	(1.006, 1.035)b	(0.999, 1.050)	(1.000, 1.051)	(1.003, 1.038)	(1.003, 1.040)	(1.006, 1.046)
Black	0.453	0.547	0.636	0.668	0.573	0.668
	(0.147, 1.397)	(0.190, 1.576)	(0.157, 2.565)	(0.226, 1.971)	(0.197, 1.664)	(0.227, 1.971)
Types of childhood misfortune
Household socioeconomic status (SES)
Welfare	—	0.908	0.948	0.970	0.886	0.992
		(0.234, 3.530)	(0.188, 4.772)	(0.247, 3.807)	(0.228, 3.444)	(0.258, 3.816)
Financially worse than others	—	0.966	0.988	0.899	0.899	0.803
		(0.595, 1.567)	(0.518, 1.886)	(0.541, 1.494)	(0.556, 1.453)	(0.480, 1.342)
Low education—head of household	—	1.337	0.790	1.179	1.292	1.117
		(0.854, 2.094)	(0.441, 1.416)	(0.745, 1.868)	(0.825, 2.023)	(0.670, 1.784)
Household composition
Parental death	—	1.485	0.652	1.494	1.597	1.670
		(0.712, 3.100)	(0.179, 2.374)	(0.689, 3.238)	(0.751, 3.397)	(0.752, 3.706)
Parental divorce	—	1.006	1.491	0.944	1.062	1.010
		(0.531, 1.906)	(0.658, 3.378)	(0.493, 1.807)	(0.560, 2.014)	(0.522, 1.951)
No male in household	—	1.091	0.901	1.098	1.065	1.063
		(0.434, 2.746)	(0.257, 3.163)	(0.419, 2.880)	(0.417, 2.721)	(0.398, 2.837)
Health at age 16
Poor physical health	—	0.616	0.661	0.660	0.700	0.789
		(0.196, 1.937)	(0.123, 3.549)	(0.210, 2.073)	(0.230, 2.129)	(0.262, 2.381)
Poor mental health	—	1.269	0.537	1.409	1.165	1.359
		(0.594, 2.711)	(0.160, 1.809)	(0.656, 3.026)	(0.533, 2.546)	(0.624, 2.960)
Abuse by perpetrator
Physical abuse—sibling	—	0.635	0.563	0.700	0.639	0.711
		(0.352, 1.145)	(0.217, 1.459)	(0.389, 1.259)	(0.349, 1.170)	(0.392, 1.290)
Physical abuse—other	—	0.891	0.842	0.716	0.908	0.786
		(0.373, 1.762)	(0.253, 2.801)	(0.312, 1.643)	(0.421, 1.959)	(0.349, 1.769)
Emotional abuse— sibling	—	1.135	1.316	1.050	1.082	1.027
		(0.679, 1.897)	(0.661, 2.619)	(0.612, 1,800)	(0.642, 1.822)	(0.591, 1.784)
Emotional abuse—other	—	1.072	1.369	1.084	0.968	1.000
		(0.558, 2.054)	(0.606, 3.095)	(0.546, 2.149)	(0.504, 1.860)	(0.501, 1.974)
Frequency of emotional and physical abuse by parentsd
Rarely one or both types	—	0.776	1.016	1.415	0.747	0.681
		(0.440, 1.369)	(0.469, 2.203)	(0.741, 2.702)	(0.415, 1.346)	(0.365, 1.271)
Frequently only one type	—	1.457	1.044	1.415	1.478	1.490
		(0.779, 2.725)	(0.419, 2.601)	(0.741, 2.702)	(0.794, 2.751)	(0.786, 2.826)
Frequently both types	—	1.962*	2.001*	2.031*	2.101*	2.184**
		(1.108, 3.476)	(1.130, 3.544)	(1.129, 3.655)	(1.196, 3.691)	(1.221, 3.905)
Adult SES
Years of education	—	—	1.025	—	—	0.985
			(1.000, 1.051)			(0.897, 1.081)
Incomee	—	—	0.999	—	—	0.999
			(0.995, 1.003)			(0.995, 1.003)
Lifestyle
Total number of cigarettes smokedf	—	—	—	1.009	—	1.008
				(0.998, 1.020)		(0.997, 1.020)
Obese	—	—	—	0.617	—	0.634
				(0.376, 1.012)		(0.386, 1.042)
Psychosocial factors
Widowed	—	—	—	—	0.687	0.543
					(0.323, 1.461)	(0.229, 1.287)
Divorced	—	—	—	—	1.333	1.309
					(0.803, 2.214)	(0.754, 2.274)
Family strain	—	—	—	—	0.902	0.884
					(0.608, 1.338)	(0.592, 1.320)
Depressive symptoms	—	—	—	—	1.066	1.041
					(0.972, 1.168)	(0.943, 1.150)
Agency	—	—	—	—	0.903	0.885
					(0.679, 1.203)	(0.652, 1.202)
−2 log likelihood	543.715	499.672	489.515	462.490	488.691	444.566
N	1,519	1,446	1,407	1,363	1,426	1,318

^aOdds ratio 95%.

^b95% confidence interval.

^cItalicized odds ratio and confidence interval denote sex differences (p < .05) while adjusting for test of unequal residual variance (comparison with Table 3).

^dReference group is never experienced either physical or emotional abuse by parent.

^eIncome in thousands of dollars.

^fNumber of cigarettes in tens of thousands.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).