Table 2:

Cox Proportional Hazards of Mortality Among All Women (N=4,988)

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Birth Cohort (Ref=1922–1926)
1927–1931	1.16**	[1.05 1.29]	1.16**	[1.04 1.29]	1.21***	[1.09 1.34]
1932–1937	1.36***	[1.21 1.53]	1.35***	[1.20 1.52]	1.42***	[1.26 1.61]
Black	1.29***	[1.18 1.42]	1.1	[0.74 1.66]	0.89	[0.68 1.17]
Family Formation Histories
Ever Married	0.87	[0.70 1.08]	0.95	[0.71 1.28]	0.88	[0.71 1.10]
Mother	0.85*	[0.72 0.99]	0.75**	[0.62 0.91]	0.81*	[0.68 0.96]
Childbirth before Marriage	1.29***	[1.14 1.45]	1.27***	[1.13 1.44]	1.25***	[1.11 1.42]
Parity	1.00	[0.98 1.02]	1.00	[0.98 1.02]	0.98*	[0.96 1.00]
Ever Marry*Black			0.87	[0.56 1.34]
Mother*Black			1.40*	[1.04 1.89]	1.38*	[1.04 1.83]
Family Background Characteristics
Family Structure (Ref=Two Parent Household)
Mother Only					0.95	[0.82 1.10]
Other					1.09	[0.96 1.23]
Parental Occupation (Ref=White collar)
Skilled					0.98	[0.83 1.15]
Semi Skilled					1.07	[0.93 1.23]
Farm					0.84*	[0.72 0.98]
Service					0.97	[0.80 1.18]
Mid Life Characteristics
Employment History (Ref=Never Worked)
Worked less 10 years					1.03	[0.92 1.14]
Worked 10+ years					0.70***	[0.61 0.80]
Income in 1967 (thousands)					0.98**	[0.97 0.99]
Years of Schooling					0.97***	[0.95 0.98]
Fair/Poor Health 1967					1.13*	[1.01 1.27]
South					1.07	[0.98 1.18]

Notes: HR=Hazard Ratios; CI=Confidence Intervals.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001]