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. 2015 Nov 2;16(1):11–20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.08.004

Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of self-rated health by age, marital status, annual household income, education, occupational class, binomial logit model, based on outcome “poor”; unit: odds ratio (95% confidence interval).

South Korea
U.S.
Male Female Male Female
Age
 20–39 1 - - 1.87 (1.54 - 2.27) 1 - - 1.26 (1.01 - 1.58)
 40–59 1 - - 1.66 (1.40 - 1.97) 1 - - 0.73 (0.62 - 0.87)
 ≥60 1 - - 1.46 (1.26 - 1.69) 1 - - 0.68 (0.57 - 0.81)



Marital status
 Single 1 - - 1.65 (1.25 - 2.17) 1 - - 0.96 (0.76 - 1.23)
 Widowed/ divorced/ separated 1 - - 1.52 (1.14 - 2.03) 1 - - 0.66 (0.50 - 0.87)
 Married 1 - - 1.65 (1.47 - 1.85) 1 - - 0.88 (0.77 - 1)



Annual household income
 Q1 (Low) 1 - - 1.39 (1.14 - 1.70) 1 - - 0.85 (0.70 - 1.04)
 Q2 1 - - 1.51 (1.25 - 1.83) 1 - - 0.86 (0.74 - 1)
 Q3 1 - - 1.89 (1.52 - 2.34) 1 - - 0.98 (0.64 - 1.51)
 Q4 (High) 1 - - 1.84 (1.47 - 2.31) 1 - - 0.70 (0.44 - 1.12)



Education
 Middle school graduate 1 - - 1.52 (1.31 - 1.75) 1 - - 0.90 (0.73 - 1.12)
 High school graduate 1 - - 1.68 (1.39 - 2.04) 1 - - 0.73 (0.61 - 0.88)
 ≥ College 1 - - 1.80 (1.45 - 2.23) 1 - - 0.88 (0.73 - 1.08)



Occupational class
 Other 1 - - 1.19 (1.01 - 1.40) 1 - - 0.78 (0.68 - 0.90)
 Blue collar 1 - - 1.85 (1.53 - 2.25) 1 - - 1.24 (0.66 - 2.34)
 White collar 1 - - 2.10 (1.75 - 2.53) 1 - - 0.90 (0.76 - 1.08)

Note. Adjusted for age, gender, annual household income, education, occupational class, stress awareness, marital status, insurance type, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, comorbid conditions, obesity, survey year, race (in U.S.).