Table 3

Changes in adjusted odds of low-reported adult life satisfaction, life worth, trust in others and mental well-being with childhood happiness, violence and current demographic factors

	*Low
	Life satisfaction			Life worth			Trust			†Mental well-being
	AOR	95% CIs	p Value	AOR	95% CIs	p Value	AOR	95% CIs	p Value	AOR	95% CIs	p Value
Age
18–24 (Ref)			0.002			Ns			Ns			0.023
25–39	1.223	0.923 to 1.621	0.161							1.373	1.064 to 1.770	0.015
40–54	1.598	1.207 to 2.115	0.001							1.489	1.152 to 1.924	0.002
55–64	1.471	1.083 to 1.997	0.013							1.304	0.983 to 1.730	0.065
65+	1.172	0.796 to 1.725	0.422							1.130	0.800 to 1.597	0.487
Sex
Female (Ref)
Male	1.152	1.006 to 1.320	0.041	1.266	1.101 to 1.456	0.001			Ns			Ns
Ethnicity
White (Ref)
Non-white	0.707	0.497 to 1.006	0.054			Ns			Ns	0.658	0.477 to 0.907	0.011
Employment
Employed (Ref)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Full-time student	1.329	0.725 to 2.436	0.358	1.222	0.697 to 2.143	0.484	0.953	0.649 to 1.398	0.804	1.326	0.810 to 2.169	0.262
Unemployed	6.186	5.131 to 7.458	<0.001	5.856	4.830 to 7.101	<0.001	1.840	1.575 to 2.150	<0.001	4.049	3.428 to 4.782	<0.001
Retired	1.946	1.434 to 2.639	<0.001	1.997	1.662 to 2.398	<0.001	1.138	1.001 to 1.293	0.047	2.121	1.627 to 2.766	<0.001
Other/domestic	2.753	2.164 to 3.501	<0.001	1.993	1.526 to 2.604	<0.001	1.768	1.483 to 2.108	<0.001	1.787	1.443 to 2.213	<0.001
Deprivation quintile
(Least deprived; Ref) 1			0.006			Ns			<0.001			<0.001
2	0.978	0.729 to 1.313	0.883				0.982	0.771 to 1.251	0.886	1.439	1.100 to 1.884	0.008
3	1.060	0.796 to 1.411	0.690				1.231	0.978 to 1.550	0.076	1.842	1.424 to 2.383	<0.001
4	1.201	0.921 to 1.566	0.176				1.365	1.101 to 1.693	0.005	1.614	1.257 to 2.073	<0.001
(Most deprived) 5	1.360	1.072 to 1.725	0.011				1.876	1.549 to 2.271	<0.001	2.035	1.623 to 2.552	<0.001
Childhood
Happy non-violent (Ref)			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Happy violent	1.267	0.950 to 1.689	0.107	1.816	1.381 to 2.387	<0.001	1.235	0.981 to 1.554	0.072	2.245	1.807 to 2.789	<0.001
Unhappy non-violent	3.429	2.780 to 4.229	<0.001	3.786	3.061 to 4.684	<0.001	1.716	1.401 to 2.102	<0.001	1.701	1.367 to 2.117	<0.001
Unhappy violent	3.616	2.988 to 4.376	<0.001	4.127	3.399 to 5.011	<0.001	2.619	2.203 to 3.114	<0.001	3.100	2.590 to 3.710	<0.001

*See Methods for full definitions of questions analysed and categorisation of each variable. Analyses used backward conditional logistic regression.
†Mental well-being is measured using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale.
AOR, adjusted OR; Ns, not significant; Ref, reference category.