Table 2.

Logistic regression model of socio-demographic factors significantly associated with chronic pain after removal of Marital Status

	N (%) *Reference group	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)	P
Gender
Male	550 (45 · 4)*
Female	662 (54 · 6)	1 · 9 (1 · 3–2 · 6)	< 0 · 001
Age (years)
<30	431 (35 · 6)*
31–40	373 (30 · 8)	0 · 9 (0 · 6–1 · 5)	0 · 784
41–50	183 (15 · 1)	3 · 4 (2 · 1–5 · 3)	< 0 · 001
51–60	149 (12 · 3)	5 · 5 (3 · 4–8 · 5)	< 0 · 001
61–70	61 (5 · 0)	2 · 4 (1 · 2–5 · 0)	0 · 017
>71	15 (1 · 2)	34 · 0 (8 · 4–138 · 4)	< 0 · 001
Employment status
Employed full-time	296 (24 · 4)*
Employed part-time	322 (26 · 6)	1 · 2 (0 · 7–1 · 9)	0 · 491
Retired	78 (6 · 4)	1 · 1 (0 · 6–2 · 3)	0 · 578
Not employed	317 (26 · 2)	2 · 3 (1 · 4–3 · 5)	0 · 002
Student	144 (11 · 9)	2 · 0 (1 · 3–3 · 1)	0 · 788
Temporary out of work	55 (4 · 6)	0 · 2 (0 · 0–1 · 0)	0 · 053
Total	1212

*Reference group