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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jul 20;65(8):1792–1806. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.048

Table 3.

Odds ratio for community-level socioeconomic characteristics and unexplained lifetime asthma across the inter-quartile range (models 1–6).

Community Socioeconomic
Parameter		 Model 1a (n=5364) Model 2b (n=5364) Model 3c (n=5263) Model 4d (n=3687) Model 5e (n=3481) Model 6f (n=4092)
OR IQR 95% CI P OR IQR 95% CI P OR IQR 95% CI P OR IQR 95% CI P OR IQR 95% CI P OR IQR 95% CI P
Median Income 1.01 0.88, 1.15 0.93 0.99 0.87, 1.14 0.92 0.98 0.86, 1.13 0.8 0.94 0.83, 1.06 0.32 0.93 0.82, 1.07 0.3 0.98 0.89, 1.09 0.76
% Poverty 0.89 0.72, 1.09 0.26 0.92 0.74, 1.14 0.42 0.94 0.75, 1.17 0.55 1.04 0.84, 1.28 0.75 1.03 0.81, 1.31 0.83 0.97 0.82, 1.16 0.75
% Male Unemployment 0.81 0.73, 0.90 <0.01 0.83 0.73, 0.93 <0.01 0.83 0.74, 0.95 <0.01 0.88 0.77, 1.01 0.06 0.86 0.75, 0.99 0.03 0.88 0.78, 0.99 0.03
% Low Education 0.92 0.78, 1.09 0.33 0.93 0.79, 1.11 0.44 0.95 0.8, 1.14 0.6 0.96 0.82, 1.13 0.64 0.95 0.75, 1.15 0.61 0.96 0.84, 1.10 0.53
a

Model 1 adjusted for community, age, race, gender and cohort group.

b

Model 2 adjusted as in model 1 plus parental education.

c

Model 3 adjusted as in model 2 plus medical insurance coverage.

d

Model 4 adjusted as in model 3 plus air conditioning in home, gas stove in home, carpet in child’s room, parental history of asthma, any smokers in the home, hay fever in child, pest in home, plants in home, pets in home, regular vitamin use, body mass index, height, water damage in home and mildew in home.

e

Model 5 adjusted as in model 4 plus census block group population density.

f

Model 6 adjusted for community, age, African-American race, gender, cohort group, parental education, medical insurance coverage, gas stove in home, parental history of asthma, hay fever in child, plants in home, pets in home, body mass index, and mildew in home.