TABLE 3.

Propensity score-weighted regression estimates for poor health in 1997 (n = 6,092), Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1980–1997

	Propensity score-weighted estimate
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	OR*	95% CI*	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
1985–1997 average tract poverty (%)
<20	1.00		1.00		1.00
≥20	1.74	1.33, 2.27	1.63	1.21, 2.19	1.64	1.19, 2.24
Race/ethnicity
White					1.00
Black					1.08	0.81, 1.43
Sex
Female					0.80	0.60, 1.08
Male					1.00
Age					1.10	1.03, 1.16
Age squared					1.00	1.00, 1.00
Family poverty income ratio (%)
≤100			1.32	0.86, 2.02	1.65	1.02, 2.68
>100–200			1.34	0.94, 1.91	1.59	1.07, 2.37
>200–300			1.29	0.91, 1.85	1.49	1.03, 2.18
>300			1.00		1.00
Socioeconomic characteristics
Female-headed household					0.81	0.51, 1.29
Welfare recipient					1.62	0.99, 2.64
Quintile of family wealth
1					1.08	0.63, 1.88
2					0.83	0.48, 1.44
3					0.86	0.49, 1.48
4					1.00
Education (years)
<12			2.26	1.71, 3.00	1.62	1.18, 2.23
12			1.00		1.00
13–15			0.74	0.51, 1.08	0.82	0.56, 1.21
16			0.46	0.23, 0.95	0.48	0.23, 1.00
≥17			0.96	0.38, 2.46	0.67	0.27, 1.66
Labor force status
Employed			1.00		1.00
Unemployed			1.06	0.72, 1.57	1.15	0.78, 1.71
Not in the labor force			1.40	1.02, 1.92	1.14	0.79, 1.65
Baseline health
Fair/poor			4.99	3.69, 6.75	3.68	2.64, 5.13
Not fair/poor			1.00		1.00
Baseline neighborhood poverty rate (%)
<10			1.00		1.00
10–<20			0.95	0.69, 1.31	0.83	0.59, 1.17
≥20			0.76	0.57, 1.01	0.67	0.48, 0.92

^*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.