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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jul;41(1):88–97. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.009

TABLE 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations of a self-reported Fair or Poor general health status with individual-level personal and neighborhood wealth and area-level SES variables

UNADJUSTED
ANALYSES
ADJUSTED
ANALYSES (without
Income)a
OR (95% CI) DIC
b
OR (95% CI) DIC
b
INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL SES

Personal Wealth
 $19,907–$208,000 1 1451 1 1365
 $208,001–$272,000 0.71 (0.52, 0.98) 0.97 (0.67, 1.41)
 $272,001–$379,590 0.35 (0.24, 0.51) 0.51 (0.32, 0.77)
 $379,591–$3,069,000 0.19 (0.12, 0.29) 0.34 (0.20, 0.57)
Personal Wealth per $50K Increase 0.85 (0.80, 0.89) 1468 0.93 (0.88, 0.97) 1378
Neighborhood Wealth
 $70,381.16–$193,184.09 1 1485 1 1376
 $193,184.10–$246,173.14 0.84 (0.60, 1.18) 0.88 (0.62, 1.24)
 $246,173.15–$331,233.57 0.66 (0.46, 0.93) 0.76 (0.52, 1.10)
 $331,233.58–$1,315,833.63 0.27 (0.17, 0.41) 0.41 (0.25, 0.65)
Neighborhood Wealth per $50K Increase 0.81 (0.75, 0.87) 1482 0.87 (0.81, 0.94) 1374

AREA-LEVEL SES

College Education (%)
 2.4–20.9 1 1507 1 1394
 21.0–29.9 0.82 (0.56, 1.19) 0.92 (0.63, 1.35)
 30.0–45.1 0.60 (0.40, 0.89) 0.78 (0.52, 1.16)
 45.2–78.3 0.41 (0.25, 0.64) 0.63 (0.38, 1.02)
College Educated per 10% Increase 0.78 (0.70, 0.87) 1499 0.87 (0.77, 0.98) 1385
Median Household Income
 $11,265–$39,554 1 1501 1 1384
 $39,555–$47,926 1.02 (0.71, 1.51) 1.15 (0.77, 1.72)
 $47,927–$60,125 0.57 (0.38, 0.87) 0.67 (0.43, 1.04)
 $60,126–$129,212 0.44 (0.27, 0.71) 0.62 (0.37, 1.01)
Median Household Income per $10K Increase 0.77 (0.69, 0.86) 1492 0.84 (0.74, 0.94) 1381
% Below Poverty
 15.0–49.6 1 1502 1 1382
 9.8–14.9 1.01 (0.69, 1.46) 1.22 (0.82, 1.83)
 4.9–9.7 0.92 (0.60, 1.40) 1.10 (0.72, 1.71)
 0.2–4.8 0.41 (0.26, 0.66) 0.60 (0.36, 0.96)
% Below Poverty per 10% Decrease 0.72 (0.57, 0.90) 1504 0.87 (0.68, 1.12) 1388
Singh SES Index
 124.3 – 197.8 1 1499 1 1391
 112.4 −124.3 1.20 (0.82, 1.74) 1.40 (0.96, 2.04)
 94.6 – 112.3 0.85 (0.57, 1.26) 1.05 (0.70, 1.55)
 55.6 – 94.5 0.39 (0.24, 0.64) 0.56 (0.33, 0.93)
Singh Index per 10-point Decrease 0.83 (0.76, 0.91) 1497 0.89 (0.83, 0.96) 1395

Bold indicates significance at the 0.05 level.

a

Adjusted for individual-level gender, age, race, education, employment, and home ownership status. Analyses adjusting for individual-level gender, age, race, education, employment, home ownership status, and income. (n=1693 due to missing income) not shown.

b

Low Deviance Information Criteria (DIC) indicates best Model Fit.