Table 2.

Distribution of bad self-reported health by gender (%) and risk of female bad self-reported health (OR and 95%CI), versus men (gender × cluster interaction), by cluster of Gender Equality Index (2004–2016).

		Bad self-reported health(%)		Risk of female bad self-reported health (OR, 95% CI)
Cluster	Countries	Men	Women	Adjusted for agea	Adjusted for age, educational level, and employment statusa
Low–Low	Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia	5.5	6.7	1.18 (1.15–1.20)*	0.97 (0.95–1.00)*
Low–Medium	Cyprus, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Portugal	5.2	6.6	1.27 (1.23–1.31)	1.04 (1.01–1.08)*
Medium–Medium	Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Slovenia	4.9	5.4	1.09 (1.06–1.12)*	0.91 (0.88–0.94)*
High–High	Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom	2.7	3.4	1.28 (1.22–1.36)	1.07 (1.01–1.13)*
Very high–Very high	Denmark, Sweden	3.0	4.1	1.36 (1.26–1.48)	1.37 (1.26–1.48)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

^aAll OR are also adjusted for country and year (fixed effects).

^*P value < .05 (“Very high-Very high” as the reference category).