Table 2. Material class and subjective social status regressed on unhealthy behaviors including control variables.
| N: 6275 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant | 3.191 (0.12)*** | 3.034 (0.12)*** | 3.190 (0.12)*** | 3.279 (0.16)*** | 3.196 (0.12)*** |
| Material Class | |||||
| Higher Class (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middle Class | 0.111 (0.03)*** | 0.044 (0.03) | 0.052 (0.03) | -0.226 (0.09)* | |
| Working Class | 0.257 (0.04)*** | 0.154 (0.05)** | 0.166 (0.05)** | -0.120 (0.17) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Female | -0.373 (0.03)*** | -0.366 (0.03)*** | -0.370 (0.03)*** | -0.366 (0.03)*** | -0.371 (0.03)*** |
| Education | |||||
| Lower education (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post-secondary education | -0.122 (0.03)*** | -0.099 (0.03)*** | -0.108 (0.03)*** | -0.110 (0.03)*** | -0.108 (0.03)*** |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Not-married | 0.120 (0.03)*** | 0.100 (0.03)** | 0.104 (0.03)** | 0.097 (0.03)** | 0.102 (0.03)** |
| Age | -0.018 (0.00)*** | -0.019 (0.00)*** | -0.019 (0.00)*** | -0.019 (0.00)*** | -0.019 (0.00)*** |
| Decreasing Subjective Status | 0.048 (0.01)*** | ||||
| Subjective Status Groups | |||||
| Higher status (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middle status | 0.046 (0.03) | ||||
| Lower status | 0.168 (0.04)*** | ||||
| Material Class X Subjective Status | |||||
| Administrative X Subj status (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Professional/Executive X Subj Status | 0.064 (0.02)** | ||||
| Clerical/Support X Subj Status | 0.061 (0.03)* | ||||
| Class-Status Combinations | |||||
| Administrative-Higher status (Ref.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Administrative-Middle status | 0.059 (0.04) | ||||
| Administrative-Lower status | 0.048 (0.07) | ||||
| Professional-Higher status | 0.019 (0.05) | ||||
| Professional-Middle status | 0.085 (0.04)* | ||||
| Professional-Lower status | 0.235 (0.04)*** | ||||
| Clerical-Higher status | 0.304 (0.16) | ||||
| Clerical-Middle status | 0.155 (0.08) | ||||
| Clerical-Lower status | 0.336 (0.05)*** | ||||
| R2 | 4.14% | 4.53% | 4.48% | 4.70% | 4.57% |
| Karlson, Holm, Breen-Mediation Analysis | |||||
| % of Material social class mediated by Subjective social status | |||||
| Administrative Class | - | - | |||
| Professional/Executive Class | 58.55%** | 52.00%** | |||
| Clerical/Support Class | 40.92%*** | 33.42%*** |
Source: Wave 5 of the Whitehall II Study.
° p > 0.10.
* p < 0.05.
** p < 0.01.
*** p < 0.001.