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. 2012 Jan 26;11:3. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-3

Table 5.

Multilevel logistic analysis for self-reported health (odds ratios and 95% confidence interval in parentheses; n = 4,730)

Fixed effects Self-rated health (good/very good health)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Individual level variables
Age 0.98 (0.97-0.99)* 0.98 (0.97-0.99)* 0.99 (0.97-1.01)
Gender
 Male 1.73 (1.41-2.11)*** 1.79 (1.34-2.38)*** 1.80 (1.35-2.41)***
Social class
 High 1.72 (1.41-2.11)*** 1.61 (1.23-2.09)*** 1.60 (1.23-2.08)***
Employment status
 Employed 0.62 (0.49-0.79)*** 0.76 (0.55-1.05) 0.76 (0.55-1.05)
Educational attainment
 College or University equivalent degree 0.28 (0.21-0.37)*** 0.30 (0.23-0.41)*** 0.27 (0.21-0.36)***
 Graduate school 0.60 (0.43-0.83)** 0.60 (0.43-0.84)** 0.53 (0.38-0.73)***
Marital status
 Married 0.27 (0.20-0.36)*** 0.27 (0.20-0.36)*** 0.23 (0.17-0.30)***
 Widowed/divorced/separated 0.02 (0.01-0.03)*** 0.02 (0.01-0.03)*** 0.01 (0.01-0.02)***
Smoking
 Yes 0.64 (0.47-0.89)** 0.63 (0.46-0.87)** 0.63 (0.46-0.87)**
Drinking
 Medium 1.59 (1.27-1.99)*** 1.49 (1.19-1.86)*** 1.39 (1.11-1.73)**
 Heavy 0.43 (0.24-0.75)** 0.38 (0.25-0.57)*** 0.40 (0.27-0.58)***
Network source 1.18 (1.06-1.31)** 1.16 (1.05-1.30)** 1.23 (1.11-1.37)***
Organizational participation
 High 2.03 (1.58-2.60)*** 2.11 (1.67-2.68)*** 2.55 (2.11-3.08)***
Area-level variables
Concentrated disadvantage 0.90 (0.51, 1.57) 0.90 (0.58-1.38)
Organizational participation 0.58 (0.30-1.14) 0.67 (0.43-1.02)
Cross-level interactions
Individual×area organizational participation 0.40 (0.32-0.50)***

Random effects
Level2: Between-area variation (se) 0.174 (0.049)*** 0.146 (0.039)*** 0.154 (0.044)***
Intra-class correlation 0.050 0.042 0.044

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

All models adjusted for a dummy variable whether the respondents surveyed through a quota sampling, the within-area percentages of respondents surveyed through a quota sampling, and the response rates of area.