Table 3.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the absence of loneliness

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5		Model 6
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Good self-rated health	1.98***	(1.80–2.19)	1.79***	(1.61–1.98)					1.81***	(1.64–2.01)	1.71***	(1.54–1.90)
Household size
2	5.27***	(4.72–5.07)	5.48***	(4.90–6.12)					2.74***	(2.34–3.22)	2.91***	(2.48–3.42)
3 and above	3.70***	(3.19–4.30)	4.54***	(3.88–5.31)					2.21***	(1.84–2.65)	2.61***	(2.16–3.16)
Feeling of safety	1.31***	(1.17–1.46)	1.36***	(1.21–1.52)					1.26***	(1.13–1.42)	1.3***	(1.15–1.46)
Marital status
Married/partnered					5.53***	(4.90–6.25)	5.42***	(4.79–6.12)	2.70***	(2.28–3.18)	2.54***	(2.15–2.99)
Divorced/separated					1.46***	(1.23–1.73)	1.34**	(1.13–1.60)	1.37**	(1.15–1.63)	1.27**	(1.06–1.52)
Single					1.66***	(1.33–2.06)	1.55***	(1.24–1.92)	1.50***	(1.20–1.88)	1.42**	(1.14–1.78)
Frequency of being social
Once a month or more					1.41***	(1.21–1.65)	1.27***	(1.09–1.49)	1.34***	(1.14–1.58)	1.23*	(1.04–1.45)
Once a week or more					1.61***	(1.38–1.86)	1.43***	(1.23–1.67)	1.5***	(1.28–1.75)	1.37***	(1.17–1.61)
Number of confidants
2–3					1.44***	(1.27–1.63)	1.41***	(1.24–1.59)	1.39***	(1.22–1.58)	1.36***	(1.19–1.55)
4 and above					2.13***	(1.86–2.43)	2.07***	(1.81–2.36)	2.00***	(1.75–2.30)	1.94***	(1.69–2.23)
Welfare regimes
Anglo-Saxon			1.45***	(1.21–1.73)			1.35**	(1.14–1.61)			1.44***	(1.20–1.73)
Continental			1.44***	(1.23–1.69)			1.28**	(1.09–1.49)			1.40***	(1.19–1.65)
Eastern			0.75**	(0.63–0.88)			0.82*	(0.74–1.06)			0.94	(0.79–1.13)
Nordic			1.91***	(1.49–2.44)			1.80***	(1.44–2.33)			1.88***	(1.47–2.42)
Log likelihood	10,014.166		9897.519		10,077.75		10,021.45		9575.434		9522.057
Cox and Snell R2	0.15		0.16		0.15		0.15		0.17		0.18
Nagelkerke R2	0.22		0.23		0.22		0.22		0.25		0.26