Subanalysis: risk ratios (RR), adjusted risk ratios* (aRR) and CIs for poor child health outcomes at T2, among those who experienced an increase in financial strain between T1 and T2, compared with reference groups and limited to households above the poverty line at T2
| Child health outcomes at T2 (limited to non-poor) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight/obesity | Problematic behaviour (teacher scored) | Problematic behaviour (parent scored) | Fair/poor general health score | Long-standing illness | Bedwetting | |||||||||||||
| % (N) | RR (CI) | aRR* (CI) | % (N) | RR (CI) | aRR* (CI) | % (N) | RR (CI) | aRR* (CI) | % (N) | RR (CI) | aRR* (CI) | % (N) | RR (CI) | aRR* (CI) | % (N) | RR (CI) | aRR* (CI) | |
| Developed difficulty managing | 33.5 (230) | 1.28 | 1.27 | 17.6 (76) | 1.71 | 1.67 | 22.5 (146) | 1.96 | 1.79 | 4.2 (34) | 1.89 | 1.82 | 17.8 (138) | 1.34 | 1.28 | 5.9 (45) | 1.24 | 1.28 |
| (1.09 to 1.52) | (1.09 to 1.50) | (1.33 to 2.19) | (1.21 to 2.31) | (1.60 to 2.40) | (1.42 to 2.25) | (1.19 to 3.00) | (1.16 to 2.88) | (1.07 to 1.66) | (1.02 to 1.60) | (0.88 to 1.75) | (0.88 to 1.86) | |||||||
| Did not report difficulty managing | 26.5 (1929) | – | – | 10.8 (463) | – | – | 11.7 (827) | – | – | 2.2 (160) | – | – | 12.9 (966) | – | – | 4.8 (360) | – | – |
| Felt ‘worse off’ | 30.1 (1010) | 1.05 | 1.06 | 15.0 (288) | 1.18 | 1.22 | 16.6 (539) | 1.30 | 1.34 | 4.2 (137) | 1.72 | 1.74 | 16.1 (557) | 1.38 | 1.37 | 5.6 (202) | 1.29 | 1.27 |
| (0.95 to 1.16) | (0.96 to 1.18) | (0.99 to 1.42) | (0.97 to 1.54) | (1.08 to 1.55) | (1.12 to 1.62) | (1.20 to 2.45) | (1.21 to 2.50) | (1.19 to 1.61) | (1.16 to 1.62) | (0.95 to 1.75) | (0.92 to 1.74) | |||||||
| Felt ‘the same’ | 29.1 (915) | – | – | 12.8 (228) | – | – | 13.7 (397) | – | – | 2.6 (83) | – | – | 12.2 (416) | – | – | 4.1 (142) | – | – |
NB: all percentages are survey weighted to account for study design and attrition.
*Risk ratios are adjusted for new lone parenthood (ie, two parent household at T1, 7 years and one parent household at T2, 11 years), ethnicity (main respondent white British/Irish, other), maternal level of education at 9 months (degree level or above) and parental age (continuous variable, years). Missing data: lone parenthood: n=784, ethnicity: n=387, maternal education: n=121 and parental age: n=270.