Prevalence differences (PD and 95% CIs) between poor and not poor in two fixed and time-varying indicators for three health outcomes according to age and socioeconomic group in five Swedish cohorts from 1968 to 2011
| Teeth not in good conditions | Psychological distress | Musculoskeletal pain | ||||
| PD (%) | 95% CI | PD (%) | (95% CI) | PD (%) | (95% CI) | |
| Fixed indicator: never poor versus poor at least once in life | ||||||
| 15–24 years | 5.7 | 1.3 to 10.1 | 3.9 | 1.8 to 5.9 | 2.2 | −0.1 to 4.5 |
| 25–34 years | 11.1 | 6.5 to 15.6 | 6.4 | 4.2 to 8.6 | 5.3 | 2.6 to 8.1 |
| 35–44 years | 11.7 | 7.6 to 15.7 | 6.4 | 4.2 to 8.6 | 7.6 | 4.8 to 10.4 |
| 45–54 years | 12.6 | 8.7 to 16.5 | 8.0 | 5.6 to 10.4 | 13.0 | 10.0 to 16.1 |
| 55–64 years | 6.3 | 3.3 to 9.3 | 8.2 | 5.5 to 10.9 | 10.8 | 7.5 to 14.1 |
| 65–74 years | 3.7 | 0.9 to 6.6 | 6.9 | 3.6 to 10.2 | 9.2 | 5.1 to 13.3 |
| 75–85 years | 5.8 | 2.6 to 9.1 | 5.6 | 0.4 to 10.8 | 9.7 | 3.9 to 15.4 |
| >85 years | 4.4 | −1.3 to 10.1 | 9.5 | −1.0 to 26.5 | 5.3 | −8.8 to19.4 |
| P value* | 0.11 | 0.15 | <0.01 | |||
| Time-varying indicator: not poor versus currently poor | ||||||
| 15–24 years | −0.1 | −3.3 to 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 to 4.6 | 0.7 | −1.6 to 3.1 |
| 25–34 years | 8.8 | 4.7 to 12.9 | 7.7 | 3.5 to 11.9 | 7.4 | 2.8 to 12.1 |
| 35–44 years | 6.7 | 2.6 to 10.9 | 11.6 | 7.1 to 16.1 | 9.1 | 4.2 to 14.1 |
| 45–54 years | 4.6 | −0.3 to 9.5 | 11.9 | 6.3 to 17.5 | 17.0 | 10.6 to 23.4 |
| 55–64 years | 1.5 | −3.6 to 6.6 | 14.9 | 8.9 to 21.0 | 12.0 | 5.6 to 18.5 |
| 65–74 years | 1.3 | −4.7 to 7.4 | 10.9 | 3.8 to 17.9 | 14.6 | 6.7 to 22.5 |
| 75–85 years | 2.8 | −5.0 to 10.6 | 10.7 | 0.7 to 20.7 | 12.7 | 2.5 to 22.9 |
| >85 years | 0.1 | −16.3 to 16.5 | −2.4 | −25.0 to 20.3 | 6.5 | −16.7 to 29.7 |
| P value* | 0.03 | <0.01 | <0.01 | |||
Note: results controlled for sex, birth cohort (five groups) and period effect in 2010.
*Chunk χ2 test that all coefficients are equal (interaction of age and poverty).