Table 2.
Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Effects of Longest Occupation and Covariates on Intercept (Baseline) and Slope (Rate of Change) of Self-Reported Health (N = 9,586)
| Reduced Model (Akaike Information Criteria [AIC] = 129,438.7) | Full Model (AIC = 128,785.8) | ||||
| Variable | Category | Intercept (column 1) | Slope (column 2) | Intercept (column 3) | Slope (column 4) |
| Occupation | Managerial | 0.88 (0.67, 1.14) | 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) | 0.93 (0.72, 1.20) | 0.99 (0.95, 1.04) |
| Sales | 1.33 (0.97, 1.81) | 0.96 (0.92, 1.01) | 1.01 (0.76, 1.36) | 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) | |
| Clerical and administrative | 1.08 (0.83, 1.42) | 0.97 (0.93, 1.02) | 0.95 (0.74, 1.23) | 0.97 (0.93, 1.01) | |
| Service | 2.33 (1.73, 3.13)a | 0.96 (0.91, 1.01) | 1.33 (1.00, 1.77)a | 0.98 (0.93, 1.02) | |
| Farming and fishing | 1.92 (1.18, 3.12)a | 0.94 (0.87, 1.02) | 1.44 (0.91, 2.29) | 0.94 (0.87, 1.02) | |
| Mechanical | 1.87 (1.36, 2.57)a | 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) | 1.39 (1.03, 1.88)a | 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) | |
| Operator | 2.59 (1.92, 3.49)a | 0.96 (0.91, 1.01) | 1.58 (1.19, 2.10)a | 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) | |
| Professional | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Age (years) | 55–59 | 1.34 (1.14, 1.56)a | 0.95 (0.93, 0.97)a | 1.19 (1.03, 1.39)a | 0.96 (0.94, 0.99)a |
| 60–64 | 1.34 (1.10, 1.62)a | 0.98 (0.95, 1.02) | 0.90 (0.74, 1.10) | 1.02 (0.99, 1.06) | |
| 50–54 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Gender | Men | 0.89 (0.76, 1.05) | 1.03 (1.01, 1.06)a | 0.97 (0.82, 1.13) | 1.03 (1.00, 1.05) |
| Women | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Marital status | Not married | 1.89 (1.56, 2.27)a | 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) | 0.91 (0.75, 1.11) | 1.02 (0.98, 1.05) |
| Married | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Race/ethnicity | Hispanic | 1.83 (1.38, 2.42)a | 0.97 (0.93, 1.02) | 1.41 (1.08, 1.84)a | 0.99 (0.94, 1.04) |
| Black | 2.51 (2.06, 3.06)a | 0.95 (0.92, 0.98)a | 1.88 (1.55, 2.27)a | 0.96 (0.93, 1.00)a | |
| Other race | 1.76 (1.01, 3.06)a | 1.04 (0.96, 1.12) | 1.39 (0.83, 2.33) | 1.06 (0.98, 1.14) | |
| White | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00M | |
| Education | 0.76 (0.73, 0.78)a | 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) | 0.84 (0.81, 0.86)a | 1.00 (1.00, 1.01) | |
| Dropout status | Deceased | 6.28 (4.87, 8.11)a | 1.30 (1.22, 1.38)a | 3.41 (2.69, 4.34)a | 1.33 (1.25, 1.42)a |
| Dropout | 0.93 (0.75, 1.14) | 1.03 (0.99, 1.08) | 0.97 (0.80, 1.19) | 1.03 (0.98, 1.08) | |
| Completer | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Reduced Model (Akaike Information Criteria [AIC] = 129,438.7) | Full Model (AIC = 128,785.8) | ||||
| Variable | Category | Intercept (column 1) | Slope (column 2) | Intercept (column 3) | Slope (column 4) |
| Drinking | Yes | 1.42 (1.16, 1.74)a | 0.99 (0.95, 1.03) | ||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Smoking | Yes | 1.15 (0.99, 1.35) | 1.08 (1.05, 1.11)a | ||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Wealth ($) | Under 7,500 | 2.66 (2.11, 3.34)a | 0.97 (0.94, 1.01) | ||
| 7,501–25,000 | 2.06 (1.64, 2.58)a | 0.96 (0.93, 1.00)a | |||
| 25,001–60,000 | 1.34 (1.08, 1.66)a | 0.98 (0.95, 1.02) | |||
| 60,001–1,50,000 | 0.95 (0.78, 1.17) | 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) | |||
| Over 1,50,000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Income ($) | Under 15,000 | 4.83 (3.54, 6.58)a | 0.93 (0.88, 0.98)a | ||
| 15,001–30,000 | 2.32 (1.80, 2.98)a | 1.01 (0.97, 1.05) | |||
| 30,001–45,000 | 1.70 (1.34,2.16)a | 1.00 (0.97, 1.04) | |||
| 45,001–70,000 | 1.57 (1.26, 1.95)a | 0.97 (0.94, 1.01) | |||
| Over 70,000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Employment insurance | No | 1.03 (0.85, 1.24) | 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) | ||
| Yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Government insurance | No | 0.18 (0.14, 0.24)a | 1.17 (1.12, 1.22)a | ||
| Yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Private insurance | No | 0.93 (0.75, 1.14) | 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) | ||
| Yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Workforce status | Part-time | 0.92 (0.74, 1.15) | 1.01 (0.98, 1.05) | ||
| Retired | 4.28 (3.42, 5.36)a | 0.91 (0.87, 0.94)a | |||
| Not employed/retired | 2.60 (2.10, 3.21)a | 0.92 (0.89, 0.96)a | |||
| Full-time | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Note:
a
Statistically significant effect at 0.05 level.