Table 2

 Univariate associations between socioeconomic characteristics of the parents at the time of delivery of the child and risk of the child developing hyperkinetic disorder

ControlsCasesMother RR (95% CI)ControlsCasesFather RR (95% CI)
Results presented as rate ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) from a conditional logistic regression model.
Cases = 834; controls = 20 100.
Cases and controls are matched for age and sex.
*p<0.05.
Missing information for mothers and fathers respectively: †(742 and 1471); ‡(51 and 291); §(222 and 291); ¶(53 and 301), ††(paternal age 176 missing).
Years of schooling after basic school†
    3+99683031116884391
    <394005211.8 (1.6–2.1)69603761.4 (1.2–1.6)
Annual income quartile‡
    Highest4673165161221871
    Second highest53532111.1 (0.9–1.3)53332301.4 (1.1–1.7)
    Second lowest55222151.1 (0.9–1.4)46782101.5 (1.2–1.8)
    Lowest45032411.5 (1.2–1.8)36961871.6 (1.3–2.0)
Employed§
    Yes (included students)104723221138474851
    No94224961.7 (1.5–2.0)59823291.5 (1.3–1.8)
Cohabitant status¶
    Married118903891119283921
    Cohabitant with common children59202371.2 (1.0–1.4)*59302381.2 (1.0–1.4)*
    Cohabitant without common children666472.1 (1.6–3.0)692522.3 (1.7–3.1)
    Single15741583.0 (2.5–3.7)12691323.1 (2.5–3.8)
Age in years††
    <20612502.3 (1.7–3.2)9640.9 (0.3–2.6)
    20–2448343001.7 (1.5–2.1)21081571.7 (1.4–2.1)
    25–298185288164472791
    30–3447031590.9 (0.8–1.1)64352100.7 (0.6–1.1)
    ⩾351766370.6 (0.4–0.8)48531690.8 (0.6–0.9)
Parity
    Primiparity94154141
    Multiparity106854200.9 (0.8–1.02)