Table 2.

Health-Related Quality of Life and Self-Rated Health (SRH) Measures Regressed (Weighted Least Squares) on Each Socioeconomic Status (SES) Variable Separately (Controlling for Age, Race, and Gender) (2005/2006 National Health Measurement Study, n = 3,663)

	EQ-5D		SF-6D		HUI3		SRH
	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE
Education
<High school	−0.106***	0.018	−0.096***	0.015	−0.201***	0.031	−1.047***	0.107
High school	−0.044***	0.008	−0.030***	0.008	−0.046***	0.013	−0.430***	0.068
Some post–high school	−0.042***	0.011	−0.031***	0.009	−0.062***	0.018	−0.366***	0.067
4-Year college degree or more	Reference group		Reference group		Reference group		Reference group
R2	8.1%		7.1%		7.6%		14.3%
Partial F-statistic(3, 3,654)	53.2***		49.4***		58.6***		112.8***
Household income
<$20,000	−0.149***	0.019	−0.140***	0.015	−0.260***	0.029	−1.110***	0.076
$20,000–$34,999	−0.065***	0.013	−0.065***	0.010	−0.119***	0.022	−0.534***	0.087
$35,000–$74,999	−0.029***	0.008	−0.021**	0.007	−0.037**	0.013	−0.230***	0.065
$75,000+	Reference group		Reference group		Reference group		Reference group
R2	12.3%		13.3%		12.9%		16.2%
Partial F-statistic(3, 3,654)	112***		141.1***		134.7***		145.9***
Household assets
<$25,000	−0.068***	0.010	−0.079***	0.009	−0.121***	0.018	−0.706***	0.072
$25,000–$99,999	−0.028**	0.008	−0.031***	0.008	−0.030*	0.014	−0.311***	0.063
$100,000+	Reference group		Reference group		Reference group		Reference group
R2	7.4%		9.1%		7.1%		13.6%
Partial F-statistic(2, 3,655)	66.7***		118.1***		85.9***		155.0***

Notes: All models control for gender, age, and race; partial F-test is for the given SES variable added to a base model of gender, age, and race. HUI3, Health Utilities Index Mark 3; EQ-5D, EuroQol EQ-5D.

*p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001.