Table 3 Percentage (n) and RRRs (95 % CIs) for weight status (baseline healthy weight) by socio-economic circumstances (MCS, age 3, 5, 7 years’ sweeps combined)
|  | All children | Excluding South Asian and ‘Other’ ethnic categories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Thin % (n) | RRR Thin | Overweight % (n) | RRR Overweight | Obese % (n) | RRR Obese | % (n) Thin | RRR Thin |
Maternal education | ||||||||
Degree | 6.34 (406) | - | 16.57 (1,190) | - | 4.78 (301) | - | 5.21 (308) | - |
Diploma | 5.29 (178) | 0.83 (0.66, 1.03) | 18.08 (703) | 1.11 (0.98, 1.27) | 6.82 (233) | 1.46 (1.15, 1.84) | 4.68 (148) | 0.89 (0.7, 1.14) |
A Level | 5.93 (190) | 0.94 (0.74, 1.18) | 16.83 (610) | 1.01 (0.89, 1.16) | 5.43 (173) | 1.15 (0.89, 1.45) | 4.78 (139) | 0.92 (0.71, 1.2) |
GCSE A*-C | 6.09 (633) | 0.96 (0.81, 1.14) | 19.19 (2,318) | 1.19 (1.08, 1.31) | 7.42 (783) | 1.6 (1.34, 1.92) | 4.89 (474) | 0.94 (0.78, 1.14) |
GCSE D-G | 5.64 (179) | 0.89 (0.71, 1.12) | 19.31 (716) | 1.2 (1.05, 1.36) | 8.45 (276) | 1.84 (1.47, 2.32) | 4.69 (136) | 0.90 (0.7, 1.17) |
Other academic | 11.33 (181) | 1.88 (1.48, 2.39) | 16.56 (281) | 1.01 (0.85, 1.2) | 9.35 (146) | 2.04 (1.56, 2.69) | 6.27 (66) | 1.21 (0.87, 1.68) |
None | 9.09 (427) | 1.5 (1.24, 1.8) | 18.8 (989) | 1.15 (1.03, 1.3) | 10.03 (476) | 2.24 (1.83, 2.73) | 6.50 (228) | 1.29 (1.03, 1.61) |
Income quintiles (household equivalised) | ||||||||
Top 20Â % | 5.86 (364) | - | 16.4 (1,147) | - | 5.00 (308) | - | 5.36 (318) | - |
2 | 5.40 (337) | 0.92 (0.78,1.09) | 19.25 (1,406) | 1.22 (1.1,1.34) | 6.57 (415) | 1.34 (1.13,1.59) | 4.73 (281) | 0.88 (0.74,1.05) |
3 | 5.86 (378) | 1.00 (0.84,1.19) | 18.74 (1,400) | 1.18 (1.07,1.3) | 7.07 (462) | 1.45 (1.21,1.72) | 4.58 (273) | 0.85 (0.7,1.03) |
4 | 7.42 (516) | 1.3 (1.1,1.52) | 17.79 (1,393) | 1.1 (1,1.2) | 8.25 (579) | 1.71 (1.44,2.03) | 5.11 (295) | 0.96 (0.8,1.15) |
Bottom 20Â % | 8.63 (595) | 1.53 (1.3,1.8) | 18.7 (1,449) | 1.17 (1.06,1.29) | 8.87 (613) | 1.85 (1.56,2.2) | 6.07 (331) | 1.15 (0.96,1.39) |
IMD quintiles (England only) | ||||||||
Top 20Â % | 5.83 (215) | - | 16.43 (683) | - | 3.85 (139) | - | 5.48 (193) | - |
2 | 6.50 (227) | 1.12 (0.88, 1.44) | 16.02 (623) | 0.97 (0.84, 1.12) | 5.11 (176) | 1.35 (1.01, 1.81) | 5.72 (186) | 1.05 (0.8, 1.34) |
3 | 5.85 (222) | 1.01 (0.79, 1.29) | 18.15 (792) | 1.12 (0.98, 1.29) | 6.57 (251) | 1.76 (1.34, 2.32) | 4.34 (146) | 0.79 (0.6, 1.03) |
4 | 8.00 (347) | 1.41 (1.13, 1.78) | 17.97 (874) | 1.11 (0.97, 1.27) | 7.94 (344) | 2.17 (1.67, 2.81) | 5.60 (202) | 1.03 (0.8, 1.34) |
Bottom 20Â % | 10.32 (634) | 1.88 (1.52, 2.31) | 17.98 (1,208) | 1.11 (0.98, 1.26) | 9.76 (596) | 2.72 (2.13, 3.48) | 5.66 (233) | 1.05 (0.82, 1.34) |
Maternal social class (NS-SEC) | ||||||||
I (Managerial & prof.) | 5.54 (522) | - | 17.88 (1,937) | - | 5.77 (545) | - | 4.90 (442) | - |
II | 6.17 (424) | 1.12 (0.94, 1.33) | 17.05 (1,326) | 0.94 (0.86, 1.04) | 6.21 (427) | 1.08 (0.81, 1.57) | 4.93 (315) | 1.01 (0.83, 1.22) |
III | 6.16 (780) | 1.12 (0.97, 1.31) | 19.28 (2,835) | 1.1 (1.01, 1.19) | 8.13 (1,051) | 1.45 (1.25, 1.67) | 5.14 (592) | 1.06 (0.9, 1.24) |
L/T unemployed | 13.19 (379) | 2.6 (2.16, 3.12) | 17.25 (520) | 0.96 (0.84, 1.09) | 10.41 (290) | 1.9 (1.55, 2.33) | 7.56 (114) | 1.6 (1.22, 2.1) |