Table 3.
Association between family financial strain and health by welfare state typology and gender.
| Men | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental N = 5,142 | Anglo-Saxon N = 1,995 | Eastern Europe N = 2,592 | Southern Europe N = 2,800 | Nordic N = 627 | |||||||||||
| % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | |
| Poor self-perceived health status | |||||||||||||||
| No financial strain | 10.3 | 1 | 11.6 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | |||||
| Financial strain | 19.1 | 2.22 | 1.82–2.70c | 19.8 | 1.79 | 1.27–2.52b | 24.3 | 1.80 | 1.42–2.28c | 22.8 | 1.28 | 1.02–1.60a | 18.7 | 1.28 | 0.64–2.54 |
| Poor psychological well-being | |||||||||||||||
| No financial strain | 7.1 | 1 | 17.8 | 1 | 10.9 | 1 | 8.9 | 1 | 10.4 | 1 | |||||
| Financial strain | 19.3 | 3.05 | 2.49–3.74c | 25.1 | 1.57 | 1.17–2.11b | 18.6 | 1.77 | 1.38–2.26c | 14.9 | 1.85 | 1.41–2.41c | 24.0 | 3.56 | 1.84–6.88c |
| Women | |||||||||||||||
| Continental N = 5,109 | Anglo-Saxon N = 1,919 | Eastern Europe N = 2,871 | Southern Europe N = 2,746 | Nordic N = 580 | |||||||||||
| % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | % | aOR | 95% CI | |
| Poor self-perceived health status | |||||||||||||||
| No financial strain | 9.0 | 1 | 7.6 | 1 | 13.6 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 7.9 | 1 | |||||
| Financial strain | 21.8 | 2.97 | 2.45–3.61c | 9.6 | 1.38 | 0.91–2.10 | 24.2 | 1.86 | 1.51–2.31c | 21.6 | 1.24 | 1.00–1.53a | 17.1 | 2.61 | 1.19–5.72a |
| Poor psychological well-being | |||||||||||||||
| No financial strain | 10.5 | 1 | 19.5 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 10.4 | 1 | 13.0 | 1 | |||||
| Financial strain | 23.5 | 2.75 | 2.30–3.28c | 31.7 | 2.56 | 1.94–3.37c | 21.1 | 2.01 | 1.60–2.51a | 17.7 | 1.74 | 1.37–2.22c | 18.3 | 1.36 | 0.66–2.79 |
Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). 6th European Working Conditions Survey, 2015.
Note: % refers to the prevalence of in each category.
P < 0.05;
P < 0.01;
P < 0.001; odds ratios are adjusted for sociodemographic factors, employment and household characteristics.