OR of being a lifetime abstainer (n)* and changes in limiting long-standing illness adjusted for all variables in the model taken at the corresponding age of analyses, in the National Child Development Study 1958
| At age 33 (N=9290) | At age 42 (N=8448) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=164 | OR | 95% CI | n=119 | OR | 95% CI | |
| Sex (female) | 111 | 2.05*** | (1.41 to 2.88) | 81 | 1.95** | (1.31 to 2.88) |
| Limiting long-standing illness since age 23 | ||||||
| Never had a limiting long-standing illness | 135 | 1 | – | 76 | 1 | – |
| Had a limiting long-standing illness but not currently | 13 | 2.82** | (1.57 to 5.08) | 13 | 3.16*** | (1.73 to 5.77) |
| Currently has a limiting long-standing illness | 9 | 1.44 | (0.72 to 2.88) | 26 | 2.13** | (1.33 to 3.45) |
| Had a limiting long-standing illness in all time sweeps | 7 | 4.50*** | (1.99 to 10.18) | 4 | 7.02*** | (2.39 to 20.66) |
| Malaise Inventory score (high) | 15 | 1.09 | (0.62 to 1.91) | 23 | 1.21 | (0.74 to 1.99) |
| Highest qualification | ||||||
| Degree | 16 | 1 | – | 13 | 1 | – |
| Other | 111 | 1.19 | (0.70 to 2.04) | 83 | 1.48 | (0.82 to 2.68) |
| No qualifications | 37 | 1.77 | (0.96 to 3.25) | 23 | 1.75 | (0.87 to 3.52) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 32 | 1 | – | 17 | 1 | – |
| Married | 121 | 0.95 | (0.59 to 1.56) | 91 | 0.96 | (0.51 to 1.78) |
| Separated/widowed/divorced | 11 | 0.48* | (0.23 to 0.99) | 11 | 0.45 | (0.20 to 1.01) |
| Children under 16 in the household (yes) | 116 | 0.99 | (0.65 to 1.51) | 91 | 0.96 | (0.58 to 1.59) |
*Lifetime abstainer is derived by taking consecutive ‘never nowadays’ answers to drinking status questions since age 23.