Table 2.

Logistic regressions predicting perceived general health at Wave III from positive well-being, depressive symptoms, and baseline covariates, reported in odds ratios (N = 10,147).

	Perceived Excellent General Health WIII (Compared to all lower categories combined: Very good; Good; Fair; Poor )
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Positive Well-Being Scale (WI-II)	1.297**
Positive Affect Subscale		1.277**		1.251**
Self-Esteem Subscale			1.151**	1.062
Depressive symptoms scale (WI-II)	.919**	.894**	.873**	.917*
Perceived General Health WI (Very good)a
Excellent health	2.255**	2.276**	2.410**	2.273**
Good health	.643**	.639**	.622**	.636**
Fair health	.469**	.454**	.439**	.460**
Poor health	.330	.341	.304	.342
Risky Health Behaviors WI
Physical activity	.918*	.932*	.937†	.927*
Fast food	.967	.975	.979	.975
Binge drink	1.049	1.033	1.035	1.03
Smoke	.935	.937	.937	.940
Marijuana	.984	.991	.989	.989
Hard drugs	.981	.987	.982	.987
Health Controls WI
Symptom count	.956	.961	.962	.959
Cardiac abnormality	.081*	.086**	.080**	.085**
Asthma	.907	.938	.944	.936
Physical limitation/disability	.635†	.634†	.634†	.613†
Body Mass Index (1st quartile)a
BMI 2st quartile	1.142	1.166†	1.144†	1.159†
BMI 3rd quartile	.960	1.022	1.010	1.021
BMI 4th quartile	.712**	.742**	.730**	.741**
Parent(s) with obesity	.919	.898	.909	.899
Health insurance	1.108	1.134	1.152	1.135
Other WI controls
Gender (1=male)	1.287	1.268**	1.315**	1.279**
Race/ethnicity (White)a
Black	1.186†	1.183†	1.282**	1.196*
Native American	1.726*	1.854*	1.794*	1.857*
Asian	.826	.849	.852	.857
Hispanic	1.262*	1.249*	1.264*	1.262*
Other race	1.408	1.345	1.445	1.356
Parents mean education level (high school)a
Less than high school	1.064	1.044	1.077	1.069
Some college	.991	1.003	.989	1.002
College	1.059	1.083	1.059	1.080
More than college	1.355**	1.391**	1.327**	1.370**

Notes:

^**p < 0.01,

^*p < 0.05,

^†p < 0.1,

^aReference group in parenthesis.

Also controlling for age, neighborhood poverty, and family structure.