TABLE 3.
Results of Logistic Regressions Predicting 2 Levels of Chronic Health Conditions at Wave 2: Americans' Changing Lives Survey, 1986 and 1989
| Blacks (n = 872) |
Whites (n = 1903) |
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| Model 1, OR (95% CI) | Model 2, OR (95% CI) | Model 1, OR (95% CI) | Model 2, OR (95% CI) | |
| Control measures (wave 1) | ||||
| Male | 0.47* (0.33, 0.68) | 0.47* (0.33, 0.68) | 0.61* (0.48, 0.78) | 0.61* (0.48, 0.77) |
| Age, y | 1.07* (1.06, 1.09) | 1.07* (1.06, 1.09) | 1.07* (1.06, 1.08) | 1.07* (1.06, 1.07) |
| Residence in South | 1.69* (1.21, 2.37) | 1.69* (1.21, 2.37) | 1.12 (0.89, 1.42) | 1.12 (0.89, 1.42) |
| Socioeconomic measures (wave 1) | ||||
| Education, y | 0.95* (0.89, 1.00) | 0.95* (0.89, 1.00) | 0.93* (0.89, 0.97) | 0.93* (0.89, 0.97) |
| Poverty ratioa | 0.96 (0.86, 1.08) | 0.96 (0.86, 1.07) | 0.99 (0.94, 1.03) | 0.99 (0.94, 1.03) |
| Employed | 0.63 (0.38, 1.06) | 0.63 (0.38, 1.07) | 0.80 (0.59, 1.06) | 0.79 (0.59, 1.06) |
| Blue-collar occupation | 1.40 (0.85, 2.30) | 1.41 (0.86, 2.31) | 1.15 (0.81, 1.63) | 1.15 (0.81, 1.63) |
| Stressor and unhealthy behavior measures (wave 1) | ||||
| Stressors | 1.27* (1.11, 1.45) | 1.41* (1.10, 1.81) | 1.38* (1.27, 1.50) | 1.43* (1.22, 1.69) |
| Unhealthy behaviorsb | 1.33* (1.09, 1.62) | 1.30* (1.06, 1.59) | 1.07 (0.93, 1.23) | 1.07 (0.93, 1.23) |
| Stressors × unhealthy behaviors | 0.93 (0.80, 1.08) | 0.98 (0.89, 1.08) | ||
| Wald χ2 | 195.66 | 195.86* | 366.30* | 366.22* |
| Rescaled R2 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Two-level chronic health conditions: less than or equal to median (0), and greater than median (1).
a
Lower scores indicate more impoverished status.
b
Unhealthy behaviors include smoking (current or ever), drinking (ever), and being obese (defined as having a body mass index [weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared] of 30 or higher). The Wald test of difference between Blacks and Whites for unhealthy behaviors in model 1 is 3.2; P = .07; df = 1.
*P < .05.