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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2007 Aug 29;41(5):479–487. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.05.020

Table 4.

The relationship of demographic characteristics, objective socioeconomic status, and SSS to self rated health in cross sectional and longitudinal analyses over three years in the PSD Study

  Baseline (Wave 1) Fair-Poor SRH Follow up (Wave 4) Fair-Poor SRH
  parameter estimate SE P Value parameter estimate SE P Value
BASELINE AGE (years) .114 .086 .16 −.063 .093 .473
 
BLACK −.106 .300 .72 .36 −.29 .22
 
FEMALE .890 .392 <.001 .649 .288 .024
 
PARENT EDUCATION            
 
  <=HS .771 .544 .15 1.919 .708 .007
 
  >HS, <COLLEGE .232 .509 .65 1.604 .679 .018
 
  COLLEGE .484 .447 .28 1.157 .668 .083
 
INCOME .001 .005 .88 .003 .004 .488
 
BASELINE SSS −.238 .113 .036 −.34 .12 .007
 
CHANGE IN SSS       −.26 .11 .024
 
BASELINE FAIR-POOR SRH       1.507 .357 <.001
 
TIME TO FOLLOW UP (months)       .032 .064 <.001
 

Note: Income range is from 1 – 9. Professional degree beyond college = reference category for parent education. SSS= subjective socioeconomic status. HS= High School. SRH=self rated health. SE=standard error.