Table 2

Association between childhood social characteristics and all-cause mortality: age-varying HRs and 95% CIs

N=11 868 participants (8016 deaths)
MinimalAdjusted 1Adjusted 2
HRHRHR
Number of deaths95% CI95% CI95% CI
Mother’s marital status
 Married (ref)66731.01.01.0
 Unmarried13431.18***1.21***1.17***
(1.12 to 1.26)(1.13 to 1.29)(1.09 to 1.26)
Family's socioeconomic position
 High (ref)20601.01.01.0
 Middle18301.14***1.13***1.13***
(1.07 to 1.22)(1.06 to 1.21)(1.06 to 1.21)
 Low41261.19***1.17***1.13***
(1.12 to 1.25)(1.11 to 1.24)(1.06 to 1.20)
Interactions:
Participant's sex×family's socioeconomic position p=0.72
Participant's sex×mother's marital status p=0.10
Family's socioeconomic position×mother's marital status p=0.43
  • Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study, participants born 1915–1929, and followed to end 2009 (N=11 868). Minimal (participant's sex and birth year), adjusted 1 (minimal+birth weight, gestational age, parity and maternal age), adjusted 2 (partial+mutually adjusted for familial socioeconomic position and marital status).

  • *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.