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Table 3.

Associations between status characteristics, health status, and fair or poor self-rated health. Analyses are adjusted for age and sex

	Finland		Sweden		The Netherlands		Spain		Israel
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age	1.03	1.00–1.06	1.00	0.97–1.04	1.03	1.01–1.05***	1.02	1.00–1.05*	1.01	0.97–1.05
Sex
Woman	0.85	0.55–1.33	1.65	1.07–2.55*	1.64	1.35–1.99***	2.18	1.70–2.80***	2.39	1.76–3.24***
Men^a
Marital status
Unmarried	1.62	1.09–2.42*	0.90	0.57–1.41	1.07	0.87–1.32	1.04	0.77–1.41	1.45	1.03–2.05*
Married^a
Education level
<Elementary	5.87	2.61–13.20***	-	-	1.38	1.01–1.88*	1.43	0.57–3.58	1.30	0.94–1.80
Elementary	4.34	2.52–7.49***	1.54	0.72–3.27	1.48	1.20–1.81***	0.88	0.34–2.26	1.23	0.71–2.12
>Elementary^a
Life occupation
Housewives	0.82	0.44–1.55	3.65	1.73–7.70***	1.17	0.86–1.60	1.53	0.87–2.68	0.71	0.41–1.24
Manual	2.30	1.55–3.41***	1.93	1.05–3.52*	1.30	1.06–1.61*	1.32	0.82–2.13	1.23	0.86–1.74
Non-manual^a
Heart disease
Yes	2.68	1.78–4.02***	5.09	2.93–8.86***	3.81	2.99–4.84***	2.88	2.02–4.12***	2.44	1.71–3.48***
No^a
Hypertension
Yes	1.41	0.90–2.20	2.15	1.32–3.48**	0.83	0.60–1.15	1.90	1.46–2.47***	2.24	1.59–3.18***
No^a
Stroke
Yes	3.01	1.02–8.91*	3.68	0.82–16.56	2.25	1.50–3.39***	2.20	1.14–4.23*	3.89	1.11–13.74*
No^a
Diabetes
Yes	2.42	1.24–4.72**	2.24	1.02–4.95*	2.69	1.93–3.73***	2.02	1.42–2.86***	6.28	3.33–11.83***
No^a
Cancer
Yes	1.29	0.58–2.87	1.20	0.42–3.42	1.93	1.43–2.59***	1.29	0.79–2.08	0.91	0.43–1.91
No^a
Respiratory diseases
Yes	9.64	3.13–29.78***	2.30	1.25–4.25**	3.65	2.73–4.89***	2.72	2.02–3.66***	4.21	2.45–7.23***
No^a
Musculoskeletal diseases
Yes	2.37	1.61–3.48***	5.06	3.18–8.04***	2.36	1.94–2.87***	3.01	2.27–4.00***	2.69	1.88–3.84***
No^a
ADL
Disabled	5.20	2.00–13.48***	4.64	2.02–10.66***	2.46	1.57–3.87***	4.68	2.93–7.46***	3.80	2.16–6.66***
Non-disabled^a

^aReference group. Statistically significant differences between reference group and comparing group(s): *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01; ***, p<0.001