Table 3 Adjusted odds for low or high life satisfaction compared with moderate levels by deprivation strata

Age

18-24 (Ref)

25-39

0.93

0.68-1.28

ns

0.93

0.71-1.21

ns

1.02

0.66-1.58

ns

0.83

0.62-1.11

ns

0.96

0.50-1.86

ns

0.94

0.62-1.40

ns

40-54

0.98

0.71-13.5

ns

0.94

0.71-1.25

ns

1.30

0.85-1.99

ns

0.68

0.51-0.92

0.66

0.34-1.27

ns

0.95

0.64-1.41

ns

55-64

0.59

0.40-0.86

**

1.13

0.81-1.57

ns

0.68

0.43-1.09

ns

1.06

0.77-1.44

ns

1.00

0.51-1.96

ns

1.17

0.77-1.78

ns

65 plus

0.47

0.28-0.79

**

1.43

0.94-2.17

ns

0.68

0.38-1.20

ns

1.12

0.77-1.61

ns

0.71

0.34-1.51

ns

1.41

0.89-2.22

ns

Employment

Employed (Ref)

Unemployed

1.71

1.34-2.19

***

1.10

0.88-1.37

ns

2.07

1.58-2.72

***

1.13

0.88-1.44

ns

1.62

1.09-2.42

1.09

0.78-1.53

ns

FT Education

0.73

0.37-1.45

ns

0.83

0.50-1.38

ns

1.11

0.48-2.56

ns

1.49

0.91-2.43

ns

0.47

0.10-2.20

ns

0.61

0.30-1.26

ns

Domestic/other

2.00

1.51-2.65

***

1.53

1.21-1.92

***

1.65

1.15-2.35

1.07

0.82-1.40

ns

1.45

0.89-2.38

ns

1.34

0.98-1.82

ns

Retired

1.09

0.71-1.67

ns

1.26

0.90-1.77

ns

1.05

0.68-1.60

ns

1.38

1.06-1.79

0.78

0.49-1.22

ns

1.23

0.93-1.61

ns

Partner status & employment Ethnicity

No Partner (Ref)

Partner employed

0.52

0.41-0.67

***

1.27

1.05-1.53

0.54

0.42-0.69

***

1.49

1.25-1.78

***

0.57

0.41-0.78

**

1.13

0.92-1.38

ns

Partner not employed

0.79

0.65-0.95

1.27

1.09-1.49

**

0.72

0.59-0.89

***

1.39

1.20-1.62

***

0.72

0.55-0.95

1.28

1.08-1.52

**

White (Ref)

South Asian

0.97

0.68-1.38

ns

1.19

0.92-1.54

ns

1.05

0.62-1.80

ns

0.90

0.61-1.33

ns

1.37

0.64-2.93

ns

1.00

0.62-1.61

ns

Black, mixed, other

1.40

0.94-2.08

ns

0.70

0.47-1.06

ns

1.57

0.77-3.22

ns

0.72

0.40-1.28

ns

0.31

0.04-2.32

ns

1.39

0.72-2.69

ns

Health status

Very good (Ref)

Good

1.29

0.98-1.70

ns

0.48

0.40-0.57

***

1.23

0.92-1.65

ns

0.50

0.43-0.58

***

1.55

1.06-2.27

0.43

0.37-0.51

***

Fair

2.43

1.83-3.24

***

0.41

0.34-0.50

***

2.25

1.66-3.06

***

0.39

0.33-0.48

***

3.32

2.24-4.93

***

0.27

0.22-0.33

***

Bad

5.23

3.76-7.27

***

0.38

0.28-0.51

***

4.92

3.45-7.03

***

0.22

0.16-0.31

***

6.78

4.12-11.14

***

0.26

0.18-0.38

***

Very bad

10.32

6.59-16.17

***

0.38

0.22-0.68

**

10.77

6.43-18.04

***

0.40

0.22-0.74

**

7.57

3.69-15.52

***

0.09

0.03-0.25

***

Smoking status

Never smoked (Ref)

Ex occasional

0.69

0.43-1.09

ns

1.06

0.79-1.44

ns

1.14

0.74-1.75

ns

0.97

0.72-1.30

ns

0.90

0.49-1.67

ns

0.84

0.60-1.17

ns

Ex daily

1.22

0.95-1.57

ns

1.05

0.85-1.28

ns

1.30

1.02-1.65

1.13

0.97-1.33

ns

1.50

1.12-2.00

**

1.14

0.96-1.36

ns

Occasional

2.26

1.40-3.64

**

1.35

0.87-2.10

ns

1.20

0.69-2.10

ns

1.06

0.71-1.57

ns

2.30

1.22-4.31

0.97

0.61-1.56

ns

Daily

1.19

0.98-1.44

ns

0.91

0.77-1.08

ns

1.38

1.11-1.72

**

0.95

0.81-1.12

ns

1.43

1.06-1.93

0.88

0.72-1.07

ns

Exercise days/week

6 to 7 (Ref)

3 to 5

0.95

0.71-1.27

ns

0.68

0.56-0.83

***

0.71

0.53-0.95

0.78

0.66-0.93

**

1.10

0.76-1.58

ns

0.91

0.75-1.10

ns

1 to 2

0.97

0.71-1.32

ns

0.46

0.36-0.58

***

0.94

0.71-1.26

ns

0.61

0.50-0.74

***

1.08

0.74-1.57

ns

0.82

0.66-1.00

None

1.30

1.01-1.67

0.66

0.55-0.80

***

1.15

0.90-1.48

ns

0.80

0.67-0.95

1.13

0.80-1.58

ns

0.89

0.73-1.08

ns

Alcohol consumption category

Lower risk (Ref)

Abstainer

1.30

1.05-1.60

1.05

0.90-1.24

ns

1.03

0.84-1.28

ns

1.01

0.87-1.16

ns

0.94

0.72-1.22

ns

1.06

0.91-1.24

ns

Not usual drinker

1.51

1.09-2.08

0.94

0.71-1.25

ns

0.99

0.70-1.41

ns

1.15

0.92-1.45

ns

1.04

0.67-1.61

ns

1.00

0.76-1.31

ns

Increasing risk

1.56

1.14-2.14

**

0.81

0.61-1.07

ns

1.27

0.92-1.74

ns

0.90

0.72-1.13

ns

0.98

0.65-1.48

ns

1.00

0.79-1.27

ns

Higher risk

1.93

1.25-2.98

**

0.88

0.55-1.43

ns

1.22

0.69-2.16

ns

0.92

0.59-1.45

ns

1.64

0.76-3.53

ns

1.25

0.73-2.15

ns