Table 3.

Associations of cumulative poverty and child health outcomes at child’s age 14 years in the UK Millennium Cohort Study

Outcomes	Cumulative number of times of poverty
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Socioemotional behavioural problems (SDQ≥17)	Ref.	1.46 (1.02 to 2.09)	2.51 (1.68 to 3.74)	3.05 (2.09 to 4.46)	2.40 (1.56 to 3.68)	4.08 (2.88 to 5.77)	3.57 (2.44 to 5.21)
Obesity	Ref.	1.09 (0.78 to 1.53)	2.03 (1.41 to 2.91)	1.32 (0.84 to 2.09)	1.35 (0.85 to 2.16)	1.51 (0.91 to 2.49)	1.89 (1.25 to 2.84)
Longstanding illness	Ref.	1.01 (0.80 to 1.27)	1.79 (1.36 to 2.36)	1.82 (1.32 to 2.51)	1.34 (0.89 to 2.02)	2.23 (1.59 to 3.11)	1.78 (1.27 to 2.49)

Models adjusted for lone parenthood, maternal education and maternal ethnicity.

SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.