Maternal educational level, parental preventive behavior, risk behavior, social support and medical care consumption in 8-month-old children in Malmö, Sweden

Table 4 Odds ratios (95% CI) of doctoral visits and in-hospital stay in relation to maternal educational level

	Doctoral visit beside the regular CHC visits during the last 8 months			In-hospital stay during the last 8 months
	Model 1^b OR (95% CI)^a	Model 2^c OR (95% CI)^a	Model 3^d OR (95% CI)^a	Model 1^b OR (95% CI)^a	Model 2^c OR (95% CI)^a	Model 3^d OR (95% CI)^a
Maternal educational level
≥12 years	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
10-12 years	1.27 (1.15,1.41)	1.26 (1.14,1.40)	1.14 (1.02,1.29)	1.07 (0.93,1.24)	1.07 (0.93,1.24)	1.04 (0.88,1.25)
≤ 9 years	1.28 (1.09,1.50)	1.25 (1.06,1.48)	1.11 (0.91,1.35)	1.34 (1.08,1.66)	1.33 (1.06,1.65)	1.16 (0.89,1.51)

^aOR odds ratio; CI Confidence interval
^bAdjusted for year, sex, parents country of birth, low birth weight and number of children at home
^cModel 1 with additional adjustment for low emotional support and low practical support
^dModel 2 with additional adjustment for maternal smoking during pregnancy, secondhand tobacco smoke at 0-4 weeks of age and exclusive breastfeeding less than 4 months

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