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. 2012 Nov 14;11:67. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-67

Table 4.

The association of fair/poor self-rated health with social structure, behavioral/attitudinal and psychosocial variables among men a, b

Variable/category Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Final Model: n=462, valid n=291
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age (years)
1.03
1.02–1.05
1.03
1.02–1.05
1.04
1.02–1.06
1.04
1.02–1.06
Employment
0.75
0.49–1.13
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Less than school (<10 years)
2.74
1.26–5.95
2.33
1.05–5.16
2.75
1.04–7.30
2.95
1.14–7.60
 Secondary (10–13 years)
1.96
1.19–3.23
1.75
1.04–2.95
2.34
1.19–4.60
2.50
1.32–4.74
 University or more (ref.)
1.00
 
1.00
 
1.00
 
1.00
 
Poverty
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Severe
2.22
1.32–3.73
1.95
1.14–3.33
1.07
0.52–2.20
 
 
 Moderate
1.38
0.84–2.26
1.18
0.70–1.98
1.28
0.66–2.47
 
 
 No poverty (ref.)
1.00
 
1.00
 
1.00
 
 
 
Depression
3.36
1.90–5.95
 
 
3.18
1.69–5.99
3.18
1.71–5.91
Weak social support
2.26
1.33–3.82
 
 
2.89
1.45–5.73
2.88
1.48–5.60
Drinking once a week or more
0.65
0.42–0.99
 
 
0.58
0.33–1.01
0.57
0.33–0.99
Hosmer & Lemeshow goodness of fit test
p=0.802
Area under ROC curve
0.767
Pseudo R2 0.174

a Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

b Model 1: controlled for age. Model 2: controlled for significant variables in social structure (age, education, poverty). Model 3: controlled for significant variables in all three dimensions. Final Model: fitted model.