Table 2.
Body dissatisfaction at ages 22, 32, 42, and 52 by educational level among women and men. Logistic regression
| Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
| OR (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) | |
| 22 y | ||||||
| Not graduated high school | ||||||
| Graduated high school | 0.80 (0.55–1.18) | 0.93 (0.63–1.38) | 1.05 (0.69–1.61) | 0.93 (0.54–1.61) | 0.99 (0.57–1.72) | 0.95 (0.55–1.66) |
| 32 y | ||||||
| Vocational education or less | ||||||
| Lower college | 1.07 (0.71–1.63) | 1.30 (0.83–2.03) | 1.32 (0.84–2.08) | 0.75 (0.38–1.45) | 0.74 (0.38–1.46) | 0.76 (0.38–1.53) |
| Upper college | 0.99 (0.58–1.70)a | 1.38 (0.78–2.45)a | 1.44 (0.80–2.59)a | 0.23* (0.07–0.75)a | 0.26* (0.08–0.87)a | 0.26* (0.08–0.87)a |
| 42 y | ||||||
| Vocational education or less | ||||||
| Lower college | 0.90 (0.59–1.37) | 0.87 (0.55–1.37) | 0.89 (0.56–1.40) | 0.74 (0.39–1.39) | 0.79 (0.41–1.52) | 0.83 (0.43–1.61) |
| Upper college | 0.88 (0.53–1.45)a | 1.07 (0.62–1.83)a | 1.10 (0.63–1.90)a | 0.18** (0.05–0.60)a | 0.23* (0.07–0.78)a | 0.25* (0.07–0.86)a |
| 52 y | ||||||
| Vocational education or less | ||||||
| Lower college | 1.11 (0.72–1.72) | 1.11 (0.69–1.79) | 1.15 (0.71–1.86) | 1.23 (0.66–2.30) | 1.33 (0.69–2.56) | 1.47 (0.75–2.90) |
| Upper college | 0.70 (0.41–1.22) | 0.80 (0.44–1.45) | 0.87 (0.47–1.60) | 1.05 (0.51–2.13) | 1.53 (0.72–3.25) | 1.82 (0.84–3.94) |
Model 1: Education
Model 2: Education and BMI
Model 3: Education, BMI, marital status and having children
OR odds ratio, CI 95% 95% confidence interval
**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05
aInteraction between gender and education p < 0.05