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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Sep 1;143:137–144. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.047

Table 2.

Ordered logistic regression coefficients (standard errors) from hierarchical model of self-rated health, World Health Survey.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Country-level variables
Democracy factor 0.317***
(0.099)
0.250*
(0.104)
0.334**
(0.113)
0.315**
(0.100)
0.319**
(0.102)
0.288*
(0.120)
Gini index −0.032*
(0.013)
−0.036**
(0.014)
Public heath factor −0.076
(0.154)
−0.243
(0.154)
Education factor 0.034
(0.079)
0.177
(0.092)
GDP per capita −0.012
(0.036)
0.096*
(0.047)
−0.005
(0.019)
−0.014
(0.016)
−0.022
(0.017)
0.110*
(0.052)
Region
 Europe ref. ref. ref. ref. ref. ref.
 Africa 0.198
(0.186)
0.810**
(0.309)
0.090
(0.281)
0.241
(0.195)
0.386*
(0.175)
0.949*
(0.460)
 Southeast Asia 0.062
(0.326)
0.437
(0.402)
−0.044
(0.392)
0.097
(0.310)
0.222
(0.309)
0.470
(0.456)
 Western Pacific 0.502
(0.313)
0.839**
(0.297)
0.456
(0.288)
0.506
(0.307)
0.562
(0.311)
0.802**
(0.305)
 South & Central America −0.097
(0.179)
0.701
(0.374)
−0.136
(0.193)
−0.089
(0.176)
0.007
(0.173)
0.797*
(0.403)
 Eastern Mediterranean 0.542
(0.491)
0.671
(0.415)
0.496
(0.508)
0.574
(0.482)
0.717
(0.481)
0.880*
(0.393)
Individual-level variables
Wealth 0.128***
(0.013)
0.128***
(0.013)
Education 0.086***
(0.022)
0.086***
(0.022)
Working for pay (=1) 0.277***
(0.025)
0.277***
(0.025)
Male (=1) 0.363***
(0.024)
0.363***
(0.024)
0.363***
(0.025)
0.363***
(0.024)
0.258***
(0.027)
0.258***
(0.027)
Age −0.380***
(0.018)
−0.380***
(0.017)
−0.380***
(0.017)
−0.380***
(0.017)
−0.364***
(0.016)
−0.364***
(0.016)
Age-squared −0.011***
(0.003)
−0.011***
(0.003)
−0.011***
(0.003)
−0.011***
(0.003)
0.007*
(0.003)
0.007*
(0.003)

Thresholds for cumulative logit
 First −4.744***
(0.342)
−4.749***
(0.240)
−4.745***
(0.140)
−4.745***
(0.149)
−4.605***
(0.141)
−4.589***
(0.281)
 Second −2.646***
(0.321)
−2.651***
(0.213)
−2.646***
(0.097)
−2.647***
(0.109)
−2.497***
(0.097)
−2.482***
(0.264)
 Third −0.579
(0.314)
−0.584**
(0.186)
−0.580***
(0.060)
−0.581***
(0.083)
−0.412***
(0.056)
−0.396 (0.262)
 Fourth 1.507***
(0.318)
1.502***
(0.177)
1.507***
(0.040)
1.506***
(0.074)
1.696***
(0.029)
1.712***
(0.270)
Random intercept 0.352***
(0.067)
0.316***
(0.063)
0.351***
(0.066)
0.351***
(0.067)
0.362***
(0.068)
0.315***
(0.062)

N=313,554;

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001