Table 2 Models 2–5 (women): hazard ratios of all-cause mortality for all other covariates

Highest achieved education

 ISCED 1 and 2

1

1

1

1

 ISCED 3

0.663***

0.658***

0.723***

0.542***

 ISCED 4

0.514***

0.512***

0.582***

0.376***

 ISCED 5

0.462***

0.459***

0.554***

0.339***

 ISCED 6 and 7

0.424***

0.422***

0.523***

0.354***

 Unknown/missing

2.958***

2.949***

2.526***

Marital status

 Never married

1

1

1

1

 Married

1.173***

1.272***

1.102***

0.905

 Dissolved union

1.567***

1.611***

1.539***

1.731***

Income quintile

 1

1

1

1

1

 2

0.978

0.996

0.879***

0.952

 3

0.838***

0.866***

0.789***

0.824

 4

0.598***

0.618***

0.638***

0.669***

 5

0.482***

0.504***

0.537***

0.415***

 Unknown/missing

0

0

0

Calendar period

 1991–1994

1

1

1

1

 1995–1999

0.880***

0.877***

0.878***

0.921

 2000–2004

0.811***

0.806***

0.818***

0.857

 2005–2009

0.737***

0.731***

0.722***

0.779*

 2010–2011

0.711***

0.704***

0.681***

0.877

Parity

 Childless

6.683***

5.526***

9.151***

 1

1.580***

1.582***

1.770***

 2

1

1

1

 3

0.976

0.992

0.879

Observations

22,968,029

22,968,029

18,082,596

2,849,706

Failures

18,826

18,826

12,426

918

Person days

8,826,777,892

8,826,777,892

6,534,117,682

733,021,569