Table 3.

Correlation matrix of subjective social status (SSS), objective social status (OSS), self-rated health, and mental and physical health conditions (n=3644)

	SSS compared to				OSS measures			SRH
	Others in American society	Others of same race/ethnicity	Your neighbors	Your parents when they were your age	Income	Education	Home ownership	Self- rated health
SSS compared to¹
Others in American society	1
Others of same race/ethnicity	0.77^*	1
Your neighbors	0.51^*	0.53^*	1
Your parents when they were your age	0.42^*	0.46^*	0.35^*	1
OSS measures²
Income	0.37^*	0.32^*	0.21^*	0.25^*	1
Education	0.38^*	0.25^*	0.16^*	0.14^*	0.42^*	1
Home ownership	0.18^*	0.14^*	0.08^*	0.17^*	0.38^*	0.16^*	1
Self-rated health³	0.26^*	0.22^*	0.16^*	0.18^*	0.32^*	0.23^*	0.16^*	1
Mental health conditions²,⁴
Depression	−0.18^*	−0.16^*	−0.13^*	−0.13^*	−0.16^*	−0.10^*	−0.11^*	−0.23^*
Bipolar disorder	−0.09^*	−0.08^*	−0.04^**	−0.10^*	−0.11^*	−0.06^*	−0.10^*	−0.11^*
Anxiety disorder	−010^*	−0.12^*	−0.08^*	−0.11^*	−0.10^*	−0.09^*	−0.11^*	−0.14^*
Physical health conditions²,⁴
Body mass index (BMI)¹	−0.12^*	−0.12^*	−0.06^**	−0.12^*	−0.14^*	−0.10^*	−0.10^*	−0.30^*
Diabetes	−0.05^*	−0.03	−0.01	−0.01	−0.14^*	−0.04^***	0.05^**	−0.28^*
Cancer	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	−0.02	−0.003	−0.02	−0.08^*
High blood pressure	−0.02	0.003	0.003	0.01	−0.15^*	−0.10^*	−0.03	−0.25^*
High cholesterol	−0.01	0.01	−0.01	0.03	−0.06^*	−0.04^**	−0.001	−0.20^*

Correlations are significant at:

p<0.001;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.05

Pearson correlation used for correlations of SSS measures with each other, self-rated health, and BMI.

Spearman rank correlation used for all correlations involving OSS measures and mental and physical health conditions (except BMI).

5-point scale for self-rated health: 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=very good, 5=excellent

⁴

All mental and health conditions except BMI are dichotomous, 0=do not have or have not had the condition in the past year; 1= have or have not had the condition in the past year