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. 2020 Jun 5;19:85. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01202-7

Table 4.

Prevalence ratios (PR) for poor health by intersectional positionsa adjusted for mediators in Spanish adults

Intersectional social positionsa Model Ab Model Bc Model Cd Model De
Crude
adjusted by age
All psychosocial factors PR reduction All material factors PR
reduction
All factors PR reduction
PR 95% CI PR 95% CI (%) PR 95% CI (%) PR 95% CI (%)
MNH 1 1 1 1
WNH 1.05 (0.93–1.19) 1.06 (0.94–1.20) −24.98 1.03 (0.91–1.16) 41.42 1.05 (0.93–1.18) 9.35
MNL 1.17* (1.03–1.32) 1.14* (1.00–1.29) 17.17 1.17* (1.03–1.32) 1.54 1.14* (1.01–1.29) 16.09
WNL 1.25** (1.09–1.41) 1.24** (1.10–1.41) 2.73 1.22** (1.07–1.39) 12.50 1.22** (1.08–1.39) 11.42
MMH 1.61*** (1.42–1.72) 1.47*** (1.33–1.62) 23.85 1.54*** (1.40–1.70) 11.84 1.43*** (1.30–1.58) 29.54
WMH 1.79*** (1.58–1.92) 1.64*** (1.49–1.81) 18.89 1.66*** (1.50–1.82) 17.53 1.56*** (1.42–1.72) 29.04
MML 1.84*** (1.62–1.96) 1.60*** (1.46–1.76) 27.89 1.70*** (1.54–1.87) 16.62 1.54*** (1.40–1.69) 35.75
WML 2.11*** (1.86–2.24) 1.84*** (1.68–2.03) 24.01 1.86*** (1.69–2.05) 22.29 1.71*** (1.55–1.88) 36.24
Estimates explanatory factors
Material scarcity 1.38*** (1.32–1.44) 1.26*** (1.21–1.31)
Unstable employment 1.22*** (1.15–1.29) 1.18*** (1.11–1.24)
Insecure residential area 1.21*** (1.14–1.28) 1.20*** (1.12–1-26)
Poor social support 1.43*** (1.34–1.52) 1.45*** (1.27–1.66)
Lack of social participation 1.49*** (1.43–1.55) 1.45*** (1.39–1.51)

*p-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.01; *** p-value < 0.001

aThe first letter of the intersectional social position is gender (M = Men, W=Women), the second letter is the social class (M = Manual, N=Non-manual) and the third letter is the regional development (H=High, L = Low)

bModel A is the crude model

cModel B is adjusted by psychosocial factors

dModel C is adjusted by material factors

eModel D is adjusted by all factors