Table 4.
The association of healthy aging at follow-up with baseline education, perceived income adequacy, life satisfaction with finances and occupational prestige among women, Manitoba Study of Health and Aging (n = 572)
| Healthy aging modela | Model 1 OR (95 % CI) | Model 2 OR (95 % CI) | Model 3 OR (95 % CI) | Model 4 OR (95 % CI) | Model 5 OR (95 % CI) | Model 6 OR (95 % CI) | Model 7 OR (95 % CI) | Model 8 OR (95 % CI) | Model 9 OR (95 % CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educationb | 1.18 (1.07-1.31) | 1.17 (1.06-1.30) | 1.16 (1.04-1.28) | 1.23 (1.08-1.39) | 1.20 (1.06-1.37) | ||||
| Perceived income adequacy | |||||||||
| With some difficulty/not very wellc | |||||||||
| Adequately | 1.77 (1.03-3.14) | 1.63 (0.94-2.90) | 1.78 (0.92-3.55) | 1.69 (0.87-3.39) | |||||
| Very well | 2.01 (1.09-3.78) | 1.63 (0.87-3.13) | 1.50 (0.70-3.32) | 1.33 (0.61-2.98) | |||||
| Life satisfaction with finances | |||||||||
| Not happyc | |||||||||
| Happy | 1.25 (0.72-2.22) | 1.16 (0.66-2.07) | 0.89 (0.45-1.79) | 0.90 (0.45-1.82) | |||||
| Very happy | 2.41 (1.25-4.72) | 2.01 (1.03-4.00) | 1.81 (0.79-4.19) | 1.76 (0.76-4.10) | |||||
| Occupational prestige | |||||||||
| Unskilledc | |||||||||
| Semiskilled | 1.35 (0.79-2.30) | 1.29 (0.75-2.23) | 1.36 (0.80-2.35) | 1.31 (0.76-2.28) | |||||
| Farmers | 1.39 (0.78-2.48) | 1.35 (0.75-2.42) | 1.51 (0.84-2.73) | 1.47 (0.81-2.67) | |||||
| Skilled | 1.54 (0.83-2.88) | 1.17 (0.61-2.25) | 1.42 (0.75-2.69) | 1.12 (0.57-2.17) | |||||
| Technicians and middle management | 1.07 (0.51-2.21) | 0.88 (0.41-1.84) | 1.04 (0.49-2.16) | 0.88 (0.41-1.86) | |||||
| Professionals | 1.67 (0.93-3.04) | 0.89 (0.43-1.81) | 1.52 (0.83-2.81) | 0.88 (0.42-1.81) | |||||
CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio Bold denotes p < 0.05
aAdjusted for age
bLevel of educational attainment (10 levels)
cReference category