Mean height SDS (n) for cohort members (aged 7 years) and their offspring (aged 4–18 years) by childhood socioeconomic circumstances of the 1958 cohort (1965)*
| Childhood circumstances | Cohort members (n = 13 346) | Offspring (n = 2853) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| *Height SDS for cohort members at 7 years and offspring are based on the 1990 British growth reference,29 and the estimates are from multilevel modelling and adjusted for age for the offspring. | ||||
| †Differences between classes I and II, and IV and V, estimates presented here may vary slightly from table 2 because of the small difference in sample and the different height reference data used for the derivation of height SDS. | ||||
| Social class | ||||
| I and II | 0.10 (1383) | 0.01 (1289) | 0.08 (229) | 0.14 (207) |
| IIINM | −0.04 (674) | −0.07 (679) | −0.02 (135) | 0.09 (108) |
| IIIM | −0.25 (3138) | −0.32 (2942) | 0.00 (649) | −0.05 (732) |
| IV and V | −0.42 (1686) | −0.43 (1555) | −0.04 (393) | −0.02 (400) |
| d† | 0.52 (2.7 cm) | 0.45 (2.3 cm) | 0.12 (0.6 cm) | 0.16 (0.8 cm) |
| SE | 0.04 (0.2 cm) | 0.04 (0.2 cm) | 0.10 (0.5 cm) | 0.10 (0.5 cm) |
| 95% CI | (2.3 to 3.0 cm) | (1.9 to 2.7 cm) | (−0.3 to 1.6 cm) | (−0.1 to 1.8 cm) |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.17 | 0.08 |
| Housing tenure | ||||
| Owner occupied | −0.03 (2937) | −0.06 (2762) | 0.03 (476) | 0.04 (448) |
| Private rental | −0.15 (1208) | −0.26 (1112) | 0.18 (215) | 0.04 (238) |
| Social housing | −0.41 (2693) | −0.45 (2559) | −0.10 (592) | −0.06 (604) |
| d† | 0.38 (2.0 cm) | 0.38 (2.0 cm) | 0.13 (0.7 cm) | 0.10 (0.5 cm) |
| SE | 0.02 (0.1 cm) | 0.03 (0.2 cm) | 0.07 (0.4 cm) | 0.07 (0.4 cm) |
| 95% CI | (1.7 to 2.2 cm) | (1.7 to 2.3 cm) | (−0.1 to 1.3 cm) | (−0.2 to 1.2 cm) |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.06 | 0.16 |