Table 2.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for respondents reporting fair or poor health. Level of inequalities in income is adjusted for characteristics of the respondents

Independent variables	Unadjusted odds ratio	Odds ratio adjusted for household income	Odds ratio adjusted for household income, sex, and race	Odds ratio adjusted for household income, sex, race, and all other variables
Gini coefficient:
>0.355*	1.32 (1.25 to 1.39)	1.23 (1.16 to 1.30)	1.27 (1.19 to 1.34)	1.25 (1.17 to 1.33)
0.332-0.355	1.29 (1.22 to 1.35)	1.23 (1.17 to 1.30)	1.28 (1.21 to 1.36)	1.25 (1.18 to 1.32)
0.320-0.331	1.19 (1.13 to 1.26)	1.14 (1.07 to 1.21)	1.15 (1.08 to 1.23)	1.11 (1.04 to 1.18)
<0.320†	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Annual income ($):
<10 000		7.43 (6.99 to 7.89)	5.38 (5.05 to 5.74)	3.40 (3.16 to 3.65)
10 000-14 999		5.32 (5.03 to 5.75)	3.93 (3.65 to 4.22)	2.65 (2.45 to 2.86)
15 000-19 999		3.62 (3.37 to 3.89)	2.84 (2.63 to 3.06)	2.05 (1.89 to 2.21)
20 000-24 999		2.71 (2.51 to 2.92)	2.26 (2.09 to 2.44)	1.76 (1.63 to 1.91)
25 000-35 000		1.98 (1.84 to 2.12)	1.81 (1.69 to 1.95)	1.52 (1.41 to 1.63)
>35 000		1.00	1.00	1.00
Unknown		3.76 (3.52 to 4.01)	2.60 (2.43 to 2.79)	2.01 (1.87 to 2.16)
Age (years older than 39)			1.04 (1.04 to 1.04)	1.04 (1.04 to 1.04)
Male			1.06 (1.02 to 1.10)	1.05 (1.00 to 1.09)
Race:
Black			1.54 (1.45 to 1.63)	1.32 (1.25 to 1.41)
Other			1.43 (1.32 to 1.55)	1.36 (1.26 to 1.48)
Smoker				1.52 (1.45 to 1.59)
Obese				1.75 (1.68 to 1.83)
Have health insurance				0.79 (0.74 to 0.84)
Had health check up in the past 2 years				1.36 (1.28 to 1.43)
Education:
Less than high school				1.72 (1.63 to 1.81)
Some university				0.79 (0.75 to 0.83)
University graduate				0.54 (0.51 to 0.58)
Household composition:
Lives alone				0.91 (0.87 to 0.95)
One parent family				0.91 (0.84 to 0.99)
Two parent family				1.00 (0.95 to 1.06)

^*States with the greatest inequalities in income. 

^†States with the smallest inequalities in income.