Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population in relation to self-rated health

Characteristics	Poor health		Fair health		Good health		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Gender
Male	82	43.4	227	49.5	1227	49.7	1536
Female	107	56.6	232	50.5	1242	50.3	1581
Marital relation
Cohabiting	117	62.2	336	73.8	1797	73.4	2250
Living alone	71	37.8	119	26.2	650	26.6	840
Age
18-24	7	2.8	23	9.1	223	88.1	253
25-39	38	4.2	100	11.1	763	84.7	901
40-54	61	6	130	12.9	820	81.1	1011
55-67	55	7.9	153	21.9	492	70.3	700
≥ 68	28	11.1	53	21	171	67.9	252
Ethnicity
Non-immigrants	172	91.5	410	89.5	2301	93.6	2883
Immigrants	16	8.5	48	10.5	158	6.4	222
Occupation
In employment	73	38.6	281	61.2	2033	82.3	2387
Not employed	116	61.4	178	38.8	436	17.7	730
Education
University	26	2.3	123	10.9	982	86.8	1131
Secondary	89	6.5	194	14.3	1076	79.2	1359
Primary/lower	68	12.3	128	23.1	359	64.7	555
Income group
High income	36	3.6	107	10.6	871	85.9	1014
Medium income	60	5.9	148	14.6	805	79.5	1013
Low income	91	8.5	201	18.8	777	72.7	1069
Frequency of contact with ones family
Yes	148	5.5	377	14	2163	80.5	2688
No	17	12.1	25	17.9	98	70	140
Some one to talk to when distressed
Yes	152	5.9	355	13	2229	81.5	2736
No	32	14.3	77	27.8	168	60.6	277
Gender diversity in one's social network
Yes	153	5.6	375	13.8	2181	80.5	2709
No	18	7.5	42	17.4	181	75.1	241
Ethnic diversity in one's social network
Yes	78	6.5	158	13.2	965	80.3	1201
No	83	5.3	216	13.9	1257	80.8	1556