Table 2

Odds ratios for the associations of role histories, early health, and childhood social class with self reported health at age 54

NSHD 1946 birth cohort women	n = 1171	Unadjusted		Adjusted for early self reported health		Adjusted for early mental health		Adjusted for early self reported health + early mental health		Adjusted for early self reported health + early mental health + childhood social class
NSHD 1946 birth cohort women	n = 1171	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Role histories
Multiple roles	453	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Childless	141	1.57	1.05,2.35	1.58	1.06, 2.37	1.60	1.06, 2.41	1.59	1.05, 2.40	1.58	1.05, 2.40
Homemakers	117	2.00	1.31, 3.05	1.95	1.28, 2.99	2.09	1.36, 3.21	2.04	1.32, 3.15	2.02	1.31, 3.12
Lone mothers	184	1.59	1.10, 2.29	1.52	1.05, 2.19	1.58	1.09, 2.29	1.52	1.05, 2.21	1.49	1.02, 2.17
Remarried mothers	151	1.37	0.92, 2.05	1.33	0.89, 1.99	1.25	0.84, 1.88	1.23	0.82, 1.84	1.20	0.80, 1.81
Intermittent employed married mothers	125	1.51	0.99, 2.30	1.48	0.96, 2.26	1.61	1.05, 2.47	1.56	1.01, 2.41	1.57	1.02, 2.43
p value		0.01		0.02		0.007		0.01		0.02
Self reported health at age 26
Reports good health at age 26	967	1.00		1.00				1.00		1.00
Reports fair or poor health at age 26	114	2.00	1.35, 2.96	1.96	1.32, 2.92			1.61	1.07, 2.43	1.59	1.05, 2.40
Missing	90	1.46	0.94, 2.29	1.37	0.88, 2.15			1.43	0.85, 2.40	1.41	0.84, 2.37
p value		0.001		0.002				0.04		0.05
Mental health between ages 15 and 32
No episodes	640	1.00				1.00		1.00		1.00
Minor	448	1.75	1.35, 2.27			1.77	1.36, 2.31	1.77	1.35, 2.31	1.76	1.35, 2.31
Major	65	3.77	2.24, 6.36			3.92	2.32, 6.65	3.57	2.08, 6.10	3.58	2.09, 6.13
Missing	18	2.28	0.89, 5.89			2.40	0.92, 6.25	1.79	0.62, 5.19	1.66	0.54, 5.09
p value		<0.001				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001