Table 2.
Odds Ratios and Median Odds Ratios for Poor Self-Rated Health for the Models Adjusting for Childhood and Adult Variables Among 6,285 Subjects in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Study, Aberdeen, Scotland, Followed-up in 2001
| Variable | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Model 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | |
| Individual Factors | ||||||||
| Sex | 0.83 | 0.73, 0.94 | 0.83 | 0.73, 0.95 | 0.83 | 0.73, 0.95 | 0.88 | 0.76, 1.01 |
| Age | 1.06 | 1.02, 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.01, 1.10 | 1.05 | 1.01, 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.00, 1.09 |
| Overcrowdinga | 1.00 | 0.87, 1.16 | 0.99 | 0.86, 1.15 | 0.99 | 0.85, 1.16 | ||
| No home ownership | 1.15 | 0.91, 1.45 | 1.00 | 0.78, 1.30 | 1.01 | 0.79, 1.32 | ||
| Family size >3 children | 1.38 | 1.20, 1.60 | 1.38 | 1.19, 1.59 | 1.19 | 1.03, 1.37 | ||
| Occupational class | ||||||||
| III-NM (Skilled nonmanual) | 1.52 | 1.14, 2.07 | 1.42 | 1.06, 1.93 | 1.24 | 0.93, 1.68 | ||
| III-M (Skilled manual) | 1.61 | 1.17, 2.24 | 1.47 | 1.07, 2.06 | 1.17 | 0.86, 1.63 | ||
| IV (Partly skilled) | 1.99 | 1.43, 2.79 | 1.80 | 1.29, 2.54 | 1.36 | 0.98, 1.91 | ||
| V (Unskilled) | 2.23 | 1.60, 3.13 | 2.00 | 1.44, 2.83 | 1.47 | 1.06, 2.05 | ||
| Other | 2.02 | 1.35, 3.04 | 1.82 | 1.21, 2.73 | 1.49 | 0.99, 2.25 | ||
| Specific Contextual Effects | ||||||||
| Lacking 4 amenitiesb | ||||||||
| Quartile 2 | 1.35 | 1.04, 1.74 | 1.22 | 0.95, 1.59 | ||||
| Quartile 3 | 1.18 | 0.96, 1.45 | 1.11 | 0.90, 1.37 | ||||
| Quartile 4 | 0.94 | 0.77, 1.15 | 0.92 | 0.75, 1.13 | ||||
| Low home ownershipc | ||||||||
| Tertile 2 | 1.27 | 0.98, 1.63 | 1.18 | 0.93, 1.49 | ||||
| Tertile 3 | 1.27 | 1.02, 1.58 | 1.19 | 0.96, 1.46 | ||||
| School occupational classd | ||||||||
| Quartile 2 | 1.22 | 0.97, 1.53 | 1.03 | 0.82, 1.29 | ||||
| Quartile 3 | 1.28 | 1.00, 1.62 | 1.12 | 0.88, 1.41 | ||||
| Quartile 4 | 1.25 | 0.98, 1.58 | 1.10 | 0.87, 1.38 | ||||
| Adult Factors | ||||||||
| Adult occupational class | ||||||||
| III-NM (Skilled nonmanual) | 1.25 | 1.03, 1.50 | ||||||
| III-M (Skilled manual) | 1.52 | 1.24, 1.87 | ||||||
| IV (Partly skilled) | 2.40 | 1.96, 2.93 | ||||||
| V (Unskilled) | 0.67 | 0.25, 1.50 | ||||||
| Age on leaving school, years | ||||||||
| <16 | 1.62 | 1.33, 1.97 | ||||||
| 16 | 1.25 | 1.01, 1.54 | ||||||
| General Contextual Effects | ||||||||
| Sibling level | ||||||||
| Variance | 0.480 | 0.351 | 0.350 | 0.260 | ||||
| MOR | 1.93 | 1.37, 2.48 | 1.76 | 1.15, 2.28 | 1.75 | 1.16, 2.31 | 1.62 | 1.06, 2.19 |
| VPC (%) | 12.4 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 7.7 | ||||
| Neighborhood level | ||||||||
| Variance | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 0.003 | ||||
| MOR | 1.07 | 1.00, 1.20 | 1.06 | 1.00, 1.18 | 1.05 | 1.00, 1.17 | 1.05 | 1.00, 1.17 |
| VPC (%) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| School level | ||||||||
| Variance | 0.073 | 0.017 | 0.006 | 0.004 | ||||
| MOR | 1.29 | 1.18, 1.46 | 1.13 | 1.01, 1.26 | 1.08 | 1.01, 1.21 | 1.06 | 1.00, 1.18 |
| VPC (%) | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
| DIC | 6,155.91 | 6,117.18 | 6,111.67 | 5,963.47 | ||||
Abbreviations: CI, credible interval; DIC, deviance information criterion; MOR, median odds ratio; VPC, variance partition coefficient.
a More than 1 person per room in the home.
b Proportion of homes in the enumeration district without the following 4 amenities: hot water, cold water, fixed bath, and toilet.
c Low proportion of people who owned their own homes in the enumeration district.
d Proportion of children with fathers from professional and managerial occupational classes.