Social capital, health behaviours and health: a population-based associational study

BMC Public Health

Table 3 The contribution of health behaviours to the association between social capital and self-rated health (odds ratios with 95% CI for Model 3g)

Social capital	M3a¹	M3b: M3a + smoking²	M3c: M3a + drinking²	M3d: M3a + physical activity²	M3e: M3a + vegetables²	M3f: M3a + sleep²	M3g: M3a + all health behaviours³	CI 95%⁴
SUPPORT
Low	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Moderate	1.16*	1.16*	1.16*	1.16*	1.15	1.15	1.15	1.00-1.33
High	1.26**	1.26**	1.26**	1.25**	1.25**	1.24**	1.23*	1.05-1.44
PARTICIPATION
Low	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Moderate	1.41***	1.39***	1.40***	1.26**	1.39***	1.39***	1.23*	1.05-1.43
High	1.86***	1.81***	1.84***	1.56***	1.81***	1.81***	1.49***	1.26-1.75
TRUST
Low	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Moderate	1.30***	1.30***	1.30***	1.33***	1.31***	1.28**	1.31***	1.13-1.51
High	2.11***	2.09***	2.11***	2.13***	2.11***	2.08***	2.09***	1.76-2.48

Health 2000 Survey, adults 30+ years (N=8028).
¹ Model 3a includes age, gender, all dimensions of social capital (social support, social participation and networks, and trust and reciprocity) and socio-demographic factors (education, living arrangements and income) simultaneously.
² Models 3b-f include Model 3a and b) smoking, c) drinking, d) physical activity, e) vegetable consumption and f) duration of sleep.
³ Model 3g includes Model 3a and all health behaviours (b-f) simultaneously.
⁴ CI confidence intervals for Model 3g.

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