Table 4 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for childhood internalising problems predicting socioeconomic group at 42 years
Socioeconomic groupInternalising problems in childhood (No versus Yes)
OR (95% CI)
Employers/managers – large establishments0.61* (0.40 to 0.95)
Employers/managers – small establishments0.71** (0.57 to 0.89)
Professional workers – self-employed0.45*** (0.28 to 0.73)
Professional workers – employees0.57*** (0.43 to 0.77)
Intermediate non-manual workers0.71*** (0.59 to 0.86)
Junior non-manual workers0.95 (0.81 to 1.13)
Personal service workers1.53*** (1.23 to 1.92)
Foremen and supervisors – manual1.50** (1.11 to 2.05)
Skilled manual workers1.59*** (1.31 to 1.92)
Semi-skilled manual workers2.31*** (1.80 to 2.97)
Unskilled manual workers2.71*** (1.96 to 3.77)
Own account workers (non-professional)1.06 (0.86 to 1.30)
Others (farmers, agricultural, armed forces)0.62 (0.37 to 1.07)

  • Odds ratios (OR) are univariate analyses adjusting for sex.

  • ***p<0.001, **p<0.01, *p<0.05.