Table 3.
Odds Ratios from Generalized Ordered Logistic Regression Models Predicting Levels of Self-Rated Health (N = 2,140)a
| Predictor | Odds of Reporting Health as Being at Least:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Good | Very Good | Excellent | |
| W1 self-rated health (reference = “poor”) | ||||
| Fair | 4.489** (1.821) | 2.008 (.760) | .946 (.477) | 1.683 (.912) |
| Good | 16.087*** (8.854) | 5.888*** (2.174) | 1.661 (.830) | 1.839 (.923) |
| Very good | 22.983*** (12.987) | 19.935*** (7.892) | 7.878*** (3.581) | 5.155*** (2.130) |
| Excellent | 22.371*** (9.229) | 22.371*** (9.229) | 22.371*** (9.229) | 22.371*** (9.229) |
| Age (divided by 10) | 1.322 (.297) | .817* (.067) | .822* (.067) | .934 (.106) |
| Female | 1.253 (.152) | 1.253 (.152) | 1.253 (.152) | 1.253 (.152) |
| Black | 2.323** (.610) | 1.034 (.220) | .807 (.144) | .397 (.207) |
| Hispanic | 3.646** (1.523) | 1.174 (.258) | 1.009 (.209) | .739 (.345) |
| Education (reference: < HS) | ||||
| High school | 2.125* (.645) | 1.625* (.353) | 1.154 (.268) | .824 (.196) |
| College degree | 1.575* (.292) | 1.575* (.292) | 1.575* (.292) | 1.575* (.292) |
| Professional degree | 2.034** (.420) | 2.034** (.420) | 2.034** (.420) | 2.034** (.420) |
| W1 network size (reference = 1) | ||||
| Two | 1.305 (.895) | .617 (.168) | 1.228 (.356) | 1.173 (.431) |
| Three | .862 (.148) | .862 (.148) | .862 (.148) | .862 (.148) |
| Four | .892 (.164) | .892 (.164) | .892 (.164) | .892 (.164) |
| Five | .832 (.139) | .832 (.137) | .832 (.137 | .832 (.137) |
| W1 kin composition | .414* (.146) | .872 (.231) | .689 (.164) | 1.134 (.325) |
| W1 frequency of contact (W1) | 1.005 (.089) | 1.005 (.089) | 1.005 (.089) | 1.005 (.089) |
| W1 emotional closeness | 1.223 (.160) | 1.223 (.160) | 1.223 (.160) | 1.223 (.160) |
| W1 discussion of health matters | .754 (.124) | .754 (.124) | .754 (.124) | .754 (.124) |
| Confidants lost (reference = zero) | ||||
| One | .906 (.162) | .906 (.162) | .906 (.162) | .906 (.162) |
| Two | .381** (.107) | .859 (.188) | .831 (.202) | 1.114 (.296) |
| Three | .804 (.199) | .804 (.199) | .804 (.199) | .804 (.199) |
| Four | 1.323 (1.033) | .508* (.169) | .901 (.311) | 1.178 (.414) |
| Five | .275 (.207) | .767 (.416) | .438 (.208) | 1.362 (.660) |
| Confidants added (reference = zero) | ||||
| One | 1.267 (.178) | 1.267 (.178) | 1.267 (.178) | 1.267 (.178) |
| Two | 1.335* (.181) | 1.335* (.181) | 1.335* (.181) | 1.335* (.181) |
| Three | 1.369 (.233) | 1.369 (.233) | 1.369 (.233) | 1.369 (.233) |
| Four | 1.618* (.380) | 1.618* (.380) | 1.618* (.380) | 1.618* (.380) |
| Five | 1.111 (.413) | 1.111 (.413) | 1.111 (.413) | 1.111 (.413) |
| Pseudo R2 b | .346 | |||
p < .05,
p < .01,
p < .001 (two-sided tests)
Estimates are weighted using NSHAP W1 person-weights (adjusted for attrition and selection at W2).
All models are survey-adjusted and include controls for baseline functional health and depression, religious attendance, W1 marital status and change in marital status, W1 employment status and change in employment status, interviewer effects, and change in kin composition, frequency of contact, emotional closeness, and likelihood of discussing health matters.
Represents the squared correlation between respondents’ observed ordinal self-rated health levels and the value of the category into which respondents have the highest predicted probability of falling to predicted probabilities generated by these models.