Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for recurrent psychosomatic symptoms, chronic illness, and low wellbeing among children from families with no parents employed in the past six months compared with families with at least one parent employed. Stepwise inclusion of the three confounding variables: social class, family type, and parents’ native country
| Recurrent psychosomatic symptoms | Chronic illness | Low wellbeing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The following confounders were included in all models analysed: the gender and age of the child, respondent and country. | |||
| Parents’ labour market participation | 2.24 (1.68 to 2.97) | 2.02 (1.59 to 2.55) | 1.66 (1.32 to 2.08) |
| Parents’ labour market participation and socioeconomic status | 1.85 (1.33 to 2.57) | 1.62 (1.23 to 2.12) | 1.58 (1.23 to 2.02) |
| Parents’ labour market participation, socioeconomic status, and family type | 1.80 (1.27 to 2.55) | 1.37 (1.02 to 1.83) | 1.57 (1.20 to 2.05) |
| Parents’ labour market participation, socioeconomic status, family type, and native country of the parents | 1.66 (1.16 to 2.38) | 1.35 (1.00 to 1.84) | 1.47 (1.12 to 1.94) |