Table 3.

Bivariate multinomial logistic regression analyses for self-rated health and independent variables (only statistically significant results).

Variable	Likelihood of moderate vs. good	Likelihood of bad/very bad vs. good
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Age
35–44 years	1*	1*
45–59 years	1.58 (1.39–1.81)†	2.19 (1.76–2.74)†
60 and more years	2.18 (1.84–2.59)†	4.41 (3.18–6.13)†
Sex
Male	1*	1*
Female	1.38 (1.15–1.65)‡	1.69 (1.33–2.14)†
Marital status
With partner	1*	1*
Without partner	1.33 (1.14–1.55)†	1.64 (1.31–2.06)†
Edentulism
No	1*	1*
Yes	1.73 (1.39–2.16)†	3.26 (2.51–4.25)†
Disability
No	1*	1*
Yes	2.43 (1.97–3.00)†	7.02 (5.23–9.43)†
Physical activity
No	1*	1*
Yes	0.88 (0.71–1.10)n/s	0.31 (0.23–0.42)†
Chronic disease
No	1*	1*
Yes	3.24 (2.75–3.83)†	5.75 (4.55–7.28)†
BMI
Underweight <18.5	1.13 (0.74–1.71)n/s	3.10 (1.79–5.37)†
Normal BMI (18.5–24.9)	1*	1*
Overweight (25.0–29.9)	1.08 (0.91–1.27)n/s	1.12 (0.87–1.44)n/s
Obesity (≥30)	1.42 (1.20–1.68)†	1.87 (1.29–2.69)‡
Schooling
Elementary or less	1*	1*
Complete middle school	0.70 (0.58–0.84)†	0.49 (0.35–0.69)†
High School/equivalent	0.54 (0.43–0.68)†	0.43 (0.28–0.65)†
College and higher	0.50 (0.37–0.68)†	0.28 (0.13–0.58)‡
Occupation
Government employee	1*	1*
Non-government employee	0.84 (0.55–1.29)n/s	1.93 (1.02–3.68)¶
Self-employed	1.35 (1.04–1.77)¶	2.79 (1.65–4.72)†
Does not work/volunteer worker	1.82 (1.38–2.40)†	5.61 (3.40–9.24)†
Indigenous ethnicity status
No	1*	1*
Yes	0.69 (0.49–0.96)¶	0.83 (0.52–1.33)n/s
Socio-economic level
1 tertile (lowest)	1*	1*
2 tertile (middle)	1*	1*
3 tertile (highest)	0.82 (0.70–0.97)¶	0.79 (0.62–1.00)n/s

^*Reference category;

^n/s– not significant;

^†p<0.001;

^‡p<0.01;

^¶p<0.05.