Table 8.
Prevalence estimates and associations for health and functioning
| Limitations for social functioning | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (95%CI) | Unadjusted RRR†† (95%CI) | Adjusted RRR††† (95%CI) | ||||
| Health Indicators | Most or all of the time |
Some of the time |
Most or all of the time |
Some of the time |
Most or all of the time |
Some of the time |
| Common mental disorder | ||||||
| Yes | 25.2 (20.4-29.9) | 48.9 (43.8-54.2) | 27.5 (17.1-44.4)*** | 7.5 (5.7-9.9)*** | 22.3 (13.0-38.2)*** | 6.9 (5.0-9.4)*** |
| No | 2.7 (1.8-3.7) | 19.5 (17.2-21.9) | ||||
| Hazardous alcohol use | ||||||
| Yes | 8.0 (4.6-11.4) | 34.0 (28.2-39.8) | 1.2 (0.7-1.9) | 1.6 (1.2-2.1)** | 2.3 (1.2-4.4)** | 1.4 (1.0-1.9)* |
| No | 7.9 (6.3-9.5) | 25.1 (22.7-27.6) | ||||
| Fair or poor general health | ||||||
| Yes | 25.4 (19.9-30.9) | 37.5 (31.5-43.4) | 12.2 (7.9-18.8)*** | 3.0 (2.2-4.1)*** | 8.4 (5.2-13.6)*** | 3.2 (2.2-4.5)*** |
| No | 4.0 (2.9-5.1) | 24.0 (21.5-26.4) | ||||
| Long standing illness | ||||||
| Yes | 13.8 (11.0-16.6) | 28.6 (24.9-32.2) | 5.0 (3.3-7.7)*** | 1.4 (1.1-1.8)** | 3.8 (2.3-6.4)*** | 1.8 (1.3-2.4)*** |
| No | 3.4 (2.2-4.6) | 24.9 (22.0-27.8) | ||||
| Physical health limits functioning | ||||||
| Health Indicators | Prevalence (95%CI) | Unadjusted OR (95%CI) |
Adjusted† OR (95%CI) | |||
| Common mental disorder | ||||||
| Yes | 45.2 (39.9-50.4) | 4.9 (3.7-6.4)*** | 5.3 (3.8-7.2)*** | |||
| No | 14.5 (12.4-16.7) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Hazardous alcohol use | ||||||
| Yes | 18.7 (13.8-23.6) | 0.8 (0.6-1.1) | 1.2 (0.8-1.8) | |||
| No | 22.3 (19.8-24.9) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Fair or poor general health | ||||||
| Yes | 56.3 (50.2-62.4) | 8.2 (6.1-10.9)*** | 6.6 (4.7-9.2)*** | |||
| No | 13.6 (11.7-15.6) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Long standing illness | ||||||
| Yes | 38.8 (34.9-42.8) | 7.2 (5.4-9.7)*** | 4.9 (3.5-6.9)*** | |||
| No | 8.1 (6.3-9.9) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Emotional health limits functioning | ||||||
| Health Indicators | Prevalence (95%CI) | Unadjusted OR (95%CI) |
Adjusted† OR (95%CI) | |||
| Common mental disorder | ||||||
| Yes | 50.6 (45.3-55.9) | 17.7 (12.7-24.8)*** | 15.4 (10.6-22.5)*** | |||
| No | 5.5 (4.1-6.8) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Hazardous alcohol use | ||||||
| Yes | 21.4 (16.4-26.3) | 1.5 (1.1-2.1)* | 1.7 (1.2-2.5)** | |||
| No | 15.3 (13.2-17.3) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Fair or poor general health | ||||||
| Yes | 35.5 (29.6-41.4) | 4.1 (3.0-5.7)*** | 3.7 (2.6-5.2)*** | |||
| No | 11.7 (9.9-13.5) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Long standing illness | ||||||
| Yes | 21.6 (18.3-24.9) | 2.0 (1.5-2.7)*** | 2.2 (1.6-3.1)*** | |||
| No | 11.9 (9.9-14.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Weighted percentages to account for survey design; frequencies are unweighted and may not add up due to missing values.
†Adjusted for gender, age (continuous), ethnicity, relationship status, employment status, household income and housing tenure; economically inactive includes: student, permanent sick/disabled, temporary sick, retired, looking after the home children
††Relative risk ratios derived from multinomial (polytomous) logistic regression; social functioning limited none of the time is the reference group
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001