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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2019 Apr 30;232:190–198. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.041

Table 1. Baseline sample characteristics and associations with poor self-reported health at age 50 in the National Child Development Survey.

NCDS Cohort (N = 18558) Poor Health at age 50 (N = 1796)
N (%) N (%) Odds Ratio 95% CI p
Gender
    Female 9595 (51.7) 932 (18.8) 1.00
    Male 8959 (48.3) 864 (18.1) 0.95 [0.86, 1.05] 0.33
Binary Socioeconomic Status
    Non Manual Father Social Class Age 16 3980 (27.2) 350 (13.4) 0.60 [0.52,0.68] < 0.001
    Stayed on in Education 4548 (40.8) 427 (11.8) 0.48 [0.42,0.54] < 0.001
    Non Manual Social Class Age 50 5550 (67.4) 591 (10.7) 0.57 [0.50,0.65] < 0.001
School Absences due to Ill Health Age 16 (> 1 month) 1083 (5.8) 190 (32.4) 2.44 [2.03,2.94] < 0.001
Non-Cognitive Skills Age 16, mean(SD) 0 (1) −0.23 (0.98) 0.65 [0.61,0.69] < 0.001
Cognitive Skills Age 16, mean(SD) 0 (1) −0.26 (0.97) 0.59 [0.56,0.63] < 0.001
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Missing data N(%): gender = 4 (0.02); social class age 16 = 3,905 (21.0); education = 7,416 (40.0); social class 50 = 10,321 (55.6); school absences = 7,200 (38.8), non-cognitive skills = 5,754 (31.0); cognitive skills = 6,639 (35.8); poor health = 8,825 (47.6).