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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Feb 20;67(5):439–445. doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-200999

Table 4.

Unadjusted (Model 1) and adjusted (Model 2) odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals by race/ethnicity group for fair/poor health status, Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) and Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), 2004

Black Hispanic White

Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
SCF
Net worth
 Quartile 1 lowest 5.06 (2.35 – 10.89) 3.75 (1.50 – 9.36) 1.99 (0.98 – 4.01) 1.63 (0.62 – 4.33) 7.58 (5.64 – 10.21) 5.42 (3.51 – 8.36)
 Quartile 2 2.74 (1.23 – 6.10) 2.60 (1.04 – 6.50) 1.73 (0.82 – 3.62) 1.35 (0.52 – 3.51) 3.40 (2.42 – 4.77) 2.58 (1.71 – 3.89)
 Quartile 3 2.30 (0.96 – 5.52) 2.03 (0.80 – 5.16) 2.59 (1.25 – 5.37) 2.36 (1.01 – 5.50) 1.82 (1.23 – 2.68) 1.29 (0.83 – 2.00)
 Quartile 4 highest 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age 1.08 (0.88 – 1.33) 0.86 (0.69 – 1.06) 0.93 (0.85 – 1.03)
Age^2 1.00 (1.00 – 1.00) 1.00 (1.00 – 1.00) 1.00 (1.00 – 1.00)
Gender
 Men 0.99 (0.55 – 1.77) 0.78 (0.35 – 1.76) 1.14 (0.80 – 1.62)
 Women 1.00 1.00 1.00
Marital Status
 Previously married 1.67 (0.75 – 3.75) 0.67 (0.30 – 1.49) 1.10 (0.76 – 1.60)
 Never married 1.34 (0.57 – 3.13) 0.76 (0.34 – 1.71) 1.43 (0.93 – 2.20)
 Married 1.00 1.00 1.00
Family size 0.94 (0.76 – 1.15) 1.09 (0.90 – 1.30) 0.95 (0.85 – 1.07)
Education
 <High school 2.95 (1.22 – 7.17) 3.51 (1.29 – 9.54) 2.80 (1.76 – 4.45)
 High school/GED 2.79 (1.32 – 5.91) 2.18 (0.81 – 5.86) 1.90 (1.39 – 2.60)
 Some college 1.60 (0.71 – 3.61) 1.05 (0.32 – 3.45) 1.54 (1.08 – 2.18)
 College graduate 1.00 1.00 1.00
Income log 0.84 (0.70 – 1.01) 0.93 (0.69 – 1.26) 0.79 (0.72 – 0.86)
HRS
Net worth
 Quartile 1 lowest 5.56 (3.94 – 7.84) 3.54 (2.39 – 5.22) 6.17 (3.98 – 9.56) 3.57 (2.12 – 5.99) 4.75 (4.02 – 5.61) 2.73 (2.24 – 3.33)
 Quartile 2 2.28 (1.62 – 3.20) 1.56 (1.07 – 2.25) 4.16 (2.67 – 6.49) 2.89 (1.75 – 4.77) 2.16 (1.82 – 2.57) 1.44 (1.19 – 1.73)
 Quartile 3 2.76 (1.98 – 3.85) 2.13 (1.50 – 3.03) 2.20 (1.43 – 3.39) 1.66 (1.03 – 2.68) 1.39 (1.16 – 1.67) 1.10 (0.91 – 1.33)
 Quartile 4 highest 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age 0.93 (0.82 – 1.05) 1.17 (0.97 – 1.41) 1.06 (0.99 – 1.13)
Age^2 1.00 (1.00 – 1.00) 1.00 (1.00 – 1.00) 1.00 (1.00 – 1.00)
Gender
 Men 0.97 (0.75 – 1.26) 1.29 (0.92 – 1.82) 0.90 (0.78 – 1.02)
 Women 1.00 1.00 1.00
Marital Status
 Previously married 1.01 (0.74 – 1.36) 0.85 (0.58 – 1.24) 1.01 (0.85 – 1.19)
 Never married 0.87 (0.54 – 1.38) 0.44 (0.20 – 0.95) 0.89 (0.65 – 1.23)
 Married 1.00 1.00 1.00
Family size 0.99 (0.90 – 1.08) 0.99 (0.91 – 1.09) 1.04 (0.97 – 1.11)
Education
 <High school 2.68 (1.68 – 4.28) 2.38 (1.25 – 4.54) 2.99 (2.40 – 3.72)
 High school/GED 1.58 (0.99 – 2.50) 1.08 (0.55 – 2.14) 1.72 (1.42 – 2.08)
 Some college 1.29 (0.81 – 2.07) 0.74 (0.36 – 1.52) 1.63 (1.34 – 1.99)
 College graduate 1.00 1.00 1.00
Income log 0.86 (0.79 – 0.94) 0.88 (0.79 – 0.98) 0.78 (0.72 – 0.85)
Region
 Northeast 1.26 (0.85 – 1.87) 0.78 (0.37 – 1.67) 1.00 (0.84 – 1.20)
 Midwest 1.22 (0.88 – 1.70) 0.99 (0.58 – 1.70) 1.17 (0.99 – 1.39)
 South 1.27 (0.73 – 2.19) 0.86 (0.51 – 1.45) 1.17 (0.95 – 1.43)
 West 1.00 1.00 1.00