Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample overall and by living standards (LS) trajectory class with adjusted odds of class membership from multinomial logistic regression (n=4811)
| Sample | (C31) Good LS |
(C32) Hardship, ↑ LS |
(C33) Hardship, ↓ LS |
AOR (95% CI) C32 vs C31 (ref) |
AOR (95% CI) C33 vs C31 (ref) |
AOR (95% CI) C33 vs C32 (ref) |
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| Age (mean, SD)† | 63.6 (4.6) | 63.6 (4.7) | 63.4 (4.7) | 63.6 (4.5) | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.0)** | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.0) | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1) |
| % Māori | 46.7 | 43.0 | 62.8 | 63.5 | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.6)*** | 2.2 (1.7 to 3.0)** | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) |
| % female | 52.3 | 50.9 | 57.9 | 59.2 | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.5) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.7) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) |
| % not married or de facto | 26.8 | 21.1 | 53.1 | 50.8 | 5.0 (3.9 to 6.5)*** | 4.1 (3.0 to 5.5)*** | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) |
| % no tertiary qualification | 80.5 | 78.5 | 90.3 | 87.6 | 2.9 (1.8. to 4.5)* | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.6) | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.2) |
| % deceased | 8.6 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 12.1 | 2.2 (1.6 to 3.1)** | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.2) | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.3) |
Data weighted by response characteristics; marital status missing n=2; qualification missing n=3.
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.
†Average age over observations.
↑, increase with age; ↓, decrease with age; AOR, adjusted OR; LS, living standards; ref, reference class for comparison.