Table 3 Conventional specifications for testing the association between social mobility and poor self-rated oral health using logistic regression (n = 6524)

Social class at age 26 years

I/II

1.00 [Reference]

III-NM/M

1.64 [1.42, 1.88]

IV/V

2.65 [2.19, 3.23]

Social class at age 46 years

I/II

1.00 [Reference]

III-NM/M

1.64 [1.42, 1.90]

IV/V

2.60 [2.12, 3.18]

Social mobility

Stable

1.00 [Reference]

1.00 [Reference]

Upwardly mobile

0.66 [0.57, 0.78]

1.18 [1.02, 1.37]

Downward mobile

1.24 [1.05, 1.45]

0.71 [0.59, 0.86]

Social trajectories

I/II to I/II

1.00 [Reference]

III-NM/M to III-NM/M

1.61 [1.35, 1.91]

IV/V to IV/V

2.52 [1.98, 3.20]

I/II to III-NM/M

1.13 [0.86, 1.48]

I/II to IV/V

1.25 [0.86, 1.83]

III-NM/M to IV/V

2.06 [1.67, 2.55]

III-NM/M to I/II

1.05 [0.87, 1.27]

IV/V to I/II

1.59 [1.18, 2.13]

IV/V to III-NM/M

2.05 [1.54, 2.74]