Table 3. Logistic regression estimates (OR) for the relation between social support and health-related lifestyles.
Physical activity | Healthy diet | Non-smoking | |||||||
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Overall multi-variate | Low income group | High income group | Overall multi-variate | Low income group | High income group | Overall multi-variate | Low income group | High income group | |
Age (10 year steps) | 0.97 | 0.95 | 1.07 | 1.34** | 1.41** | 1.23* | 1.95** | 2.00** | 1.91** |
Sex (male ref.) | 0.63** | 0.59** | 0.73* | 1.50** | 1.63** | 1.29 | 1.44* | 1.48* | 1.36 |
Education | 1.04** | 1.06** | 1.01 | 1.05** | 1.06** | 1.04* | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.03 |
Non-native background | 0.79 | 0.94 | 0.79 | 0.69* | 0.95 | 0.48* | 0.94 | 1.27 | 0.71 |
No comorbidities (ref.) | |||||||||
1–2 Comorbidities | 0.71* | 0.63* | 0.78 | 0.58** | 0.59** | 0.52** | 0.94 | 1.54 | 0.43* |
> 2 Comorbidities | 0.40** | 0.39** | 0.41** | 0.55** | 0.55** | 0.54* | 0.85 | 1.26 | 0.38* |
Low income | 0.75* | 1.06 | 0.83 | ||||||
Social support | |||||||||
Spouse | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.19 | 1.05 | 0.90 | 1.67* | 0.93 | 0.84 | 1.29 |
Household members | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 0.91* | 0.90 | 0.92 | 1.10 | 1.21* | 0.91 |
Support network members (N) | 0.92 | 1.04 | 0.77** | 1.03 | 1.06 | 0.99 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.15 |
Network members providing: | |||||||||
Information support | 1.09* | 1.01 | 1.20* | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 0.95 |
Practical support | 0.90* | 1.00 | 0.72** | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.97 |
Emotional support | 1.10* | 1.01 | 1.30** | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.87* | 0.87 | 0.83 |
Health professional in wider network | 1.11 | 0.90 | 1.44* | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 0.84 | 1.25 |
Attending community organizations | 1.18 | 1.53** | 0.79 | 1.04 | 1.15 | 0.91 | 1.32 | 1.15 | 1.72* |
Neighborhood (urban affluent = ref.) | |||||||||
Urban deprived | 0.94 | 0.74 | 1.11 | 0.92 | 0.83 | 1.01 | 0.83 | 0.97 | 0.71 |
Rural deprived | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 1.37 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.10 |
* p <0.05
** p <0.01