Table 2.

The odds ratio for 'less than good' self-rated health obtained from logistic regression analysis on all the study sample, on men and on women

	OR	95% CI	P
All (n = 4163)
Age	1.05	1.04–1.06	< 0.0001
Gender
Male	1.0 (ref.)
Female	1.65	1.41–1.93	< 0.0001
Marital status
Single	1.0 (ref.)
Married	1.57	1.25–1.96	< 0.0001
Widowed/divorced	2.33	1.45–3.73	< 0.0001
Chronic diseases
No	1.0 (ref.)
Yes	2.72	2.03–3.65	< 0.0001
Educational level (years)
Fourth level (> 12)	1.0 (ref.)
Third level (10–12)	1.56	1.25–1.94	< 0.0001
Second level (6–9)	1.85	1.45–2.35	< 0.0001
First level (1–5)	1.86	1.42–2.43	< 0.0001
No education	2.65	1.88–3.73	< 0.0001
Male (n = 1997)
Age	1.05	1.04–1.06	< 0.0001
Marital status
Single	1.0 (ref.)
Married	1.27	0.90–1.79	0.17
Widowed/divorced	8.28	2.52–27.2	0.001
Chronic diseases
No	1.0 (ref.)
Yes	2.44	1.58–3.78	< 0.0001
Educational level (years)
Fourth level (> 12)	1.0 (ref.)
Third level (10–12)	1.26	0.92–1.72	0.14
Second level (6–9)	1.43	1.02–1.98	0.03
First level (1–5)	1.62	1.10–2.39	0.01
No education	3.07	1.80–5.24	< 0.0001
Female (n = 2166)
Age	1.05	1.04–1.06	< 0.0001
Marital status
Single	1.0 (ref.)
Married	1.72	1.28–2.32	< 0.0001
Widowed/divorced	1.91	1.09–3.35	0.02
Chronic diseases
No	1.0 (ref.)
Yes	2.99	2.00–4.48	< 0.0001
Educational level (years)
Fourth level (> 12)	1.0 (ref.)
Third level (10–12)	1.91	1.38–2.63	< 0.0001
Second level (6–9)	2.35	1.65–3.34	< 0.0001
First level (1–5)	2.13	1.44–3.14	< 0.0001
No education	2.60	1.63–4.12	< 0.0001