Neighbourhood socioeconomic context, individual socioeconomic position, and overweight in young children: a multilevel study in a large German city

Table 3 Multivariate associations between individual SEP, neighbourhood SEP and overweight applying multilevel logistic regression (N = 3125)

Covariables	Null model	Individual model^a OR (95 % CI)	Full model^a OR (95 % CI)
Nationality of the child
Other than German		1.53 (1.18-1.99)	1.53 (1.17-1.99)
German		Reference	Reference
Parental Education
Low		2.04 (1.54-2.72)	1.99 (1.49-2.65)
Middle		1.53 (1.18-1.99)	1.50 (1.16-1.95)
High		Reference	Reference
Parental working status
Unemployment within household		1.20 (0.82-1.77)	1.19 (0.80-1.75)
At least one parent employed		Reference	Reference
Equivalent household income
Low (<60 % Median)^b		1.22 (0.82-1.83)	1.18 (0.79-1.77)
Middle (60 % to Median)		1.29 (0.93-1.80)	1.26 (0.90-1.75)
High (>Median)		Reference	Reference
Not indicated		1.14 (0.83-1.58)	1.12 (0.81-1.55)
Household crowding
Yes		0.94 (0.74-1.20)	0.93 (0.72-1.19)
No		Reference	Reference
Neighbourhood SEP
High			Reference
Middle			1.01 (0.71-1.46)
Low			1.42 (1.00-2.00)
Measures of variation
Neighbourhood intercept variance (95 % CI)^c	0.11 (0.046-0.48)	0.047 (0.015-0.80)	0.026 (0.005-20.37)
Proportional change in variance		−57.3 %	−19.1 %

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence intervall, SEP Socioeconomic position
^aAdjusted for survey year, birth weight, and BMI of mother, ^bMedian equivalent household income in Bavaria, ^cCovariance parameter estimates from random intercepts on the log odds scale

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