Table 4.

Results of bivariate logistic regression analysis for the odds of agreeing that (1) the poor are less healthy because of their lifestyles (they smoke and drink more, don’t exercise, and eat junk foods), and (2) the poor spend what money they have unwisely because they do not want to feel excluded from the good things in life, among those respondents who recognize oral health disparities as a condition of the poor among those respondents who recognize oral health disparities as a condition of the poor (Agree = 1; Disagree + Neither Agree/Disagree = 0).

Characteristic		Adjusted Odds Ratioa(n=895)
		The poor are less healthy because of their lifestyles - they smoke and drink more, don’t exercise and eat junk food		The poor spend what money they have unwisely because they do not want to feel excluded from the good things in life
		Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P
Sex	Male	1.59 [1.21, 2.08]	0.001	1.55 [1.17, 2.05]	0.002
	Female	Reference		Reference
Age	18–34	0.46 [0.32, 0.66]	<0.001	0.75 [0.52, 1.08]	0.117
	35–54	0.54 [0.40, 0.74]	<0.001	0.57 [0.41, 0.78]	0.001
	55 and over	Reference		Reference
Political voting intention	Progressive Conservative	1.69 [1.04, 2.82]	0.034	1.82 [1.10, 3.01]	0.020
	Liberal Party	1.24 [0.76, 2.03]	0.395	1.10 [0.66, 1.86]	0.714
	New Democratic Party	Reference		Reference
Education attainment	Post-secondary	1.22 [0.90, 1.65]	0.210	2.06 [1.51, 2.82]	<0.001
	High School or less	Reference		Reference
Residence	Urban	0.73 [0.54, 1.03]	0.058	1.19 [0.87, 1.62]	0.280
	Rural	Reference		Reference
Employment status	Employed	1.49 [0.82, 2.69]	0.192	1.20 [0.65, 2.19]	0.563
	Unemployed	Reference		Reference
Annual household income	Less than $20,000	0.76 [0.46, 1.27]	0.292	0.39 [0.23, 0.67]	0.001
	$20,000–$39,999	0.77 [0.49, 1.21]	0.260	0.47 [012, 0.60]	<0.001
	$40,000–$59,999	0.61 [0.38, 1.06]	0.132	0.50 [0.30, 0.81]	0.005
	$60,000–$79,999	0.86 [0.53, 1.38]	0.518	0.54 [0.32, 0.90]	0.018
	$80,000–$99,999	0.59 [0.36, 0.97]	0.036	0.61 [0.36, 1.05]	0.072
	More than $100,000	Reference		Reference

^aModel 1: Controlled for the sex and age of respondents.