TABLE 3.

Odds of Reporting Excellent Health by Workforce Category Among US Health Care Workers Aged 20 to 64 yr, 1982–2004

	Model 1: All OR (95% CI)	Model 2: Health Diagnosing OR (95% CI)	Model 3: Health Assessing OR (95% CI)	Model 4: Health Technician OR (95% CI)	Model 5: Health Service OR (95% CI)
Category of health workers
Health diagnosing	1.00
Health assessing	0.52 (0.48–0.57)***
Health technician	0.41 (0.37–0.45)***
Health service	0.34 (0.31–0.37)***
Race/ethnicity
Asian	0.78 (0.69–0.89)***	0.62 (0.48–0.81)***	0.71 (0.59–0.85)***	0.84 (0.61–1.16)	1.27 (0.94–1.71)
Black	0.78 (0.72–0.84)***	0.65 (0.46–0.91)*	0.65 (0.57–0.74)***	0.68 (0.59–0.78)***	0.96 (0.86–1.08)
Hispanic	0.89 (0.81–0.98)*	0.90 (0.67–1.19)	0.81 (0.67–0.97)**	0.97 (0.79–1.18)	0.95 (0.82–1.11)
White	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Obesity
Obese	0.43 (0.40–0.47)***	0.35 (0.26–0.47)***	0.38 (0.33–0.43)***	0.44 (0.38–0.52)***	0.52 (0.46–0.59)***
Not obese	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Gender
Female	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Male	1.36 (1.27–1.46)***	1.60 (1.32–1.94)***	1.34 (1.18–1.51)***	1.32 (1.15–1.51)***	1.27 (1.10–1.46)***
Age
20–34 yr old	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
35–49 yr old	0.78 (0.74–0.82)***	0.65 (0.55–0.79)***	0.84 (0.78–0.91)***	0.77 (0.69–0.86)***	0.72 (0.66–0.80)***
50–64 yr old	0.50 (0.47–0.54)***	0.43 (0.35–0.53)***	0.51 (0.46–0.57)***	0.49 (0.41–0.58)***	0.52 (0.46–0.60)***
Marital status
Married	1.03 (0.98–1.09)	1.11 (0.92–1.32)	1.03 (0.95–1.12)	1.04 (0.93–1.18)	1.00 (0.90–1.10)
Not married	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Education
College degree	1.56 (1.46–1.66)***	2.49 (1.53–4.04)***	1.54 (1.37–1.74)***	1.52 (1.35–1.71)***	1.56 (1.41–1.72)***
No college degree	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Year	1.00 (0.99–1.00)*	1.01 (0.99–1.02)	0.99 (0.99–1.00)*	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.99 (0.99–1.00)
Observations	49,216	5,430	18,106	10,421	15,259

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01,

^***P < 0.001.