Table 3.
Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals for a decline in health satisfaction
| Crude OR (95% CI) | Multivariate-adjusted OR* (95% CI) | |
| Migration status | ||
| Native German† | 1 | 1 |
| Immigrant arrived before 1990 | 1.57 (1.11–2.24) | 1.58 (1.10–2.29) |
| Immigrant arrived 1990–1994 | 2.22 (1.64–3.01) | 2.18 (1.54–3.08) |
| Dependency on social welfare | ||
| no† | 1 | 1 |
| yes | 1.61 (1.10–2.36) | 1.00 (0.64–1.58) |
| Unemployment | ||
| no† | 1 | 1 |
| yes | 1.32 (1.00–1.73) | 1.20 (0.88–1.62) |
| Standardised per capita income | ||
| highest quartile† | 1 | 1 |
| second-highest quartile | 1.05 (0.82–1.35) | 1.08 (0.83–1.42) |
| second-lowest quartile | 1.38 (1.08–1.75) | 1.43 (1.09–1.88) |
| lowest quartile | 1.23 (0.97–1.57) | 1.23 (0.92–1.64) |
| Standardised per capita size of housing | ||
| highest quartile† | 1 | 1 |
| second-highest quartile | 0.81 (0.63–1.03) | 0.74 (0.56–0.97) |
| second-lowest quartile | 0.95 (0.76–1.20) | 0.80 (0.60–1.07) |
| lowest quartile | 1.00 (0.80–1.26) | 0.73 (0.53–1.01) |
*adjusted for age in years, sex, marital status, number of household members and all other variables in the model †reference category