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. 2019 Jun 24;9(6):e029176. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029176

Table 3.

The relationship between the level of urbanisation and the odds of reporting fair or poor health moderated by education

Variables Model 3 (IV: land-use conversion) Model 4 (IV: logarithm
GDP per capita)
Model 5 (IV: logarithm population density) Model 6 (IV: health institutional beds per 1000 population)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
The level of urbanisation in 2005 0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)* 0.95 (0.88 to 1.02) 0.84 (0.79 to 0.89)*** 1.05 (1.01 to 1.09)*
The rate of urbanisation from 2000 to 2005 0.92 (0.87 to 0.98)* 0.98 (0.88 to 1.08) 0.73 (0.58 to 0.92)** 0.79 (0.58 to 1.08)
Education (ref: no schooling)
 Elementary school or junior high school 0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)*** 0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)*** 0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)*** 0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)***
 Senior high school 0.59 (0.56 to 0.62)*** 0.59 (0.56 to 0.62)*** 0.59 (0.56 to 0.62)*** 0.59 (0.55 to 0.62)***
 College or above 0.53 (0.50 to 0.57)*** 0.54 (0.50 to 0.58)*** 0.53 (0.50 to 0.57)*** 0.55 (0.51 to 0.59)***
The level of urbanisation * education (ref: level * no schooling)
 Level* elementary school or junior high school 1.02 (1.02 to 1.03)*** 1.08 (1.05 to 1.12)*** 1.08 (1.05 to 1.10)*** 1.04 (1.02 to 1.05)***
 Level* senior high school 1.04 (1.03 to 1.05)*** 1.19 (1.11 to 1.26)*** 1.19 (1.13 to 1.26) *** 1.07 (1.04 to 1.10)***
 Level* college or above 1.03 (1.02 to 1.05)*** 1.14 (1.05 to 1.24)** 1.19 (1.11 to 1.28)*** 1.04 (1.00 to 1.07)*

All models have been adjusted for individual covariates shown in table 2.

*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.

GDP, gross domestic product.