Table 3.

Binary logistic regression of the association between sociodemographic characteristics and multiple chronic conditions among adults in India

Variables	Categories	Crude Odds Ratio	95% CI		Adjusted Odds Ratio		95% CI
		(COR)	Lower	Upper	(A0R)		Lower	Upper
Age (in years)	15–30	0.56***	0.54	0.59	0.56***		0.53	0.59
	31–54
Sex	Male	0.03***	0.03	0.03	0.36***		0.33	0.39
	Female
Type of residence	Urban	1.08***	1.02	1.14	1.11***		1.05	1.17
	Rural
Religion	Hindu	0.74	0.32	1.72	0.72		0.31	1.65
	Muslim	0.59	0.25	1.37	0.57		0.25	1.32
	Christian	1.12	0.48	2.57	1.09		0.47	2.51
	Other
Ethnicity	Schedule Caste	0.89***	0.81	0.98	0.89**		0.81	0.97
	Schedule Tribe	1.30***	1.17	1.45	1.30***		1.17	1.45
	Other Backward Class
Education	No education	1.64***	1.51	1.79	1.57***		1.44	1.71
	Primary	1.67***	1.53	1.82	1.61***		1.48	1.76
	Secondary	1.35***	1.26	1.44	1.32***		1.23	1.42
	Higher
Occupation	Primary	1.06	0.97	1.16	1.06		0.97	1.15
	Secondary	1.39***	1.26	1.53	1.37***		1.25	1.51
	Tertiary	0.85***	0.76	0.96	0.87		0.78	0.98
	Not working	0.85***	0.78	0.92	0.84***		0.78	0.93
	Other / not answered
Marital Status	Never married	0.38***	0.33	0.43	0.64***		0.57	0.71
	Married	0.64***	0.57	0.71	0.56***		0.53	0.59
	Widowed/Divorced/Separated
Wealth index	Poorest	0.76***	0.70	0.82	0.82***		0.75	0.89
	Poorer	0.73***	0.68	0.79	0.79***		0.73	0.86
	Middle	0.78***	0.73	0.84	0.82***		0.75	0.88
	Richer	0.81***	0.75	0.87	0.83***		0.77	0.89
	Richest
Covered by health insurance	Yes	1.17***	1.12	1.22	1.52***		1.47	1.58
	No
Social Progress Index-State	Very Low Social Progress	0.77***	0.70	0.84	076***		0.71	0.82
	Low Social Progress	0.59***	0.54	0.65	0.40***		0.37	0.43
	Lower Middle Social Progress	0.75***	0.7	0.81	0.76***		0.71	0.81
	Upper Middle Social Progress	0.88***	0.81	0.97	0.95		0.88	1.02
	High Social Progress	1.16***	1.05	1.29	0.81***		0.75	0.89
	Very High Social Progress

**:<0.01; ***:<0.001