Table 2

 Current smoking: prevalence rates, unadjusted and mutually adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) (n = 8437). Effects of childhood socioeconomic position, parenthood histories and domestic circumstances, and education and adult socioeconomic position

%Unadjusted OR and 95% CIMutually adjusted OR and 95% CI
ABCDE
Significance in model E: p<0.0001****; p<0.001***; p<0.01**; p<0.05*. †For age, the odds ratio refers to a one year increase in age. ‡The odds ratio for lone mothers in models D and E gives the additional effect of living with a child for a woman without a partner.
Age† 0.98 (0.96, 1.00)0.98 (0.96,1.00)0.99 (0.97,1.00)0.97 (0.95,0.99)**
Father’s collapsed NS-SEC
Professional and Managerial22.41111***
Intermediate26.61.26 (1.10,1.44)1.26 (1.11,1.45)1.17 (1.02,1.35)0.97 (0.84,1.12)
Semi-routine/routine34.41.82 (1.60,2.07)1.83 (1.60,2.08)1.52 (1.32,1.74)1.13 (0.98,1.30)
Missing36.51.99 (1.70,2.33)2.00 (1.71,2.34)1.68 (1.43,1.98)1.36 (1.15,1.61)
Age of entry into motherhood
No births at time of interview25.0111****
25 and over19.80.74 (0.65,0.84)0.74 (0.64,0.87)0.63 (0.54,0.74)
22–2432.81.47 (1.27,1.70)1.26 (1.06,1.49)0.87 (0.73,1.04)
20 and 2147.42.72 (2.30,3.21)2.15 (1.78,2.60)1.35 (1.10,1.65)
Under 2055.63.75 (3.20,4.40)3.01 (2.51,3.60)1.71 (1.41,2.08)
Cohabitation status
Lives with a partner26.3111*
Does not live with a partner37.51.68 (1.52,1.86)1.24 (1.07,1.45)1.22 (1.05,1.42)
Lone mother (child/no partner)‡
No26.5111****
Yes56.13.55 (3.06,4.11)2.01 (1.61,2.51)1.93 (1.54,2.42)
Age of leaving full time education
22 +12.611****
19–2117.51.46 (1.16,1.84)1.40 (1.11,1.77)
17–1825.62.38 (1.96,2.89)2.10 (1.71,2.57)
16 and under40.74.73 (3.95,5.67)3.37 (2.75,4.13)
Woman’s collapsed NS-SEC
Professional and Managerial20.411****
Intermediate28.01.51 (1.35,1.70)1.08 (0.95,1.22)
Semi-routine/routine43.63.01 (2.68,3.39)1.55 (1.35,1.78)