Multivariate analyses of associations between socioeconomic status variables and injury
| Socioeconomic status variable* | SES level* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (highest) | II | III | IV | V (lowest) | |||||||
| OR† | (95% CI)† | OR† | (95% CI)† | OR† | (95% CI)† | OR† | (95% CI)† | ||||
| *See tables 3 and 4 for definitions of levels for each socioeconomic status variable. †Simultaneously adjusted for age, sex, and other socioeconomic status variables associated with the specific injury outcome. | |||||||||||
| Individual level variables | |||||||||||
| Family affluence scale | |||||||||||
| Medically treated injury | 1.00 | 0.76 | (0.68 to 0.84) | 0.53 | (0.45 to 0.63) | ||||||
| Sport/recreational injury | 1.00 | 0.77 | (0.68 to 0.86) | 0.50 | (0.40 to 0.62) | ||||||
| How often I go to bed or school hungry | |||||||||||
| Medically treated injury | 1.00 | 1.29 | (1.11 to 1.50) | 1.05 | (0.69 to 1.58) | 1.71 | (0.90 to 3.26) | ||||
| Injury hospitalisation | 1.00 | 1.71 | (1.21 to 2.41) | 3.00 | (1.51 to 5.94) | 2.25 | (0.83 to 6.13) | ||||
| Sport/recreational injury | 1.00 | 1.04 | (0.88 to 1.23) | 0.53 | (0.30 to 0.94) | 0.72 | (0.34 to 1.54) | ||||
| Fighting injury | 1.00 | 0.90 | (0.50 to 1.64) | 1.79 | (0.62 to 5.22) | 4.46 | (1.56 to 12.81) | ||||
| I feel safe in the area where I live | |||||||||||
| Medically treated injury | 1.00 | 1.21 | (1.08 to 1.36) | 1.69 | (1.30 to 2.19) | 2.57 | (1.51 to 4.39) | ||||
| Injury hospitalisation | 1.00 | 0.93 | (0.67 to 1.29) | 1.90 | (1.13 to 3.21) | 2.37 | (1.04 to 5.40) | ||||
| Area I live in is a good place to live | |||||||||||
| Fighting injury | 1.00 | 1.23 | (0.75 to 2.01) | 2.21 | (1.31 to 3.74) | 8.01 | (3.93 to 16.32) | 9.12 | (4.01 to 20.78) | ||
| How well off my family is | |||||||||||
| Injury hospitalisation | 1.00 | 0.62 | (0.44 to 0.89) | 0.71 | (0.51 to 1.01) | 0.85 | (0.47 to 1.54) | 1.12 | (0.63 to 1.98) | ||
| Area level variables | |||||||||||
| Lone parent families | |||||||||||
| Injury hospitalisation | 1.00 | 1.48 | (0.94 to 2.34) | 1.64 | (1.04 to 2.61) | 1.64 | (1.05 to 2.56) | ||||
| Less than high school education | |||||||||||
| Injury hospitalisation | 1.00 | 1.31 | (0.83 to 2.06) | 1.19 | (0.75 to 1.90) | 2.11 | (1.36 to 3.28) | ||||
| Average employment income | |||||||||||
| Sport/recreational injury | 1.00 | 0.81 | (0.68 to 0.97) | 0.80 | (0.67 to 0.96) | 0.97 | (0.81 to 1.15) | ||||