Table 3

Association of predicted poverty trajectories from 9 months to 9 years and child outcomes at 9 years using the Irish Growing Up in Ireland–Infant Cohort

	Never in poverty (n=4804)	Vulnerable to poverty 1 (n=1791)		Vulnerable to poverty 2 (n=2851)		Persistent poverty (n=1688)
	Never in poverty (n=4804)	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI
Total SDQ Difficulties—parent
UA	Ref	2.36	1.71, 3.26	2.47	1.85, 3.30	4.37	3.23, 5.92
A	Ref	2.00	1.45, 2.76	1.51	1.07, 2.12	2.06	1.42, 2.99
Total SDQ Difficulties—teacher
UA	Ref	1.31	1.03, 1.67	1.94	1.57, 2.39	3.37	2.68, 4.24
A	Ref	1.24	0.97, 1.59	1.47	0.15, 1.88	1.99	1.50, 2.64
BMI—overweight
UA	Ref	1.29	1.07, 1.54	1.66	1.40, 1.97	2.33	1.91, 2.85
A	Ref	1.18	0.98, 1.43	1.33	1.09, 1.62	1.70	1.34, 2.16
Longstanding health condition
UA	Ref	1.34	1.13, 1.59	1.17	0.99, 1.38	1.64	1.35, 1.99
A	Ref	1.31	1.10, 1.56	1.17	0.97, 1.41	1.51	1.20, 1.91

A=adjusted for mother age, education (degree or higher qualification or no degree), health status at 9 months (chronic illness, BMI), depression status at 9 months (raised depression score), home ownership, household social class and composition, child birth weight (<2500 g (ie, low birth weight) or >2500g) and pregnancy gestation (<37 (ie, preterm) or >37 weeks)).
A, adjusted model; BMI, body mass index; CI, 95% Confidence Interval; OR, Odds Ratio; Ref, reference group (never in poverty); SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; UA, unadjusted model.