Table 3 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for scoring at or above age- and sex-adjusted norms on SF-36 by Social Support in survivors eight months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Subjective support

NS

1.03* (1.01-1.05)

1.09***(1.05-1.13)

1.04**(1.01-1.07)

1.05**(1.02-1.09)

NS

NS

NS

Objective support

1.01***(1.07-1.17)

1.18***(1.12-1.23)

NS

1.07**(1.02-1.12)

1.11*** (1.05-1.18)

1.14***(1.06-1.21)

1.11***(1.06-1.16)

1.15***(1.09-1.22)

Support seeking

NS

1.08* (1.02-1.15)

NS

1.07*(1.01-1.13)

NS

1.12** (1.03-1.23)

1.10** (1.04-1.16)

NS

Age (with 16-39 as control)

   40-59

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

   ≥60

NS

0.31***(0.18-0.53)

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.53* (0.32-0.88)

NS

Gender (with men as control)

   Women

0.63***(0.52-0.78)

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.76**(0.62-0.94)

NS

Marital status (with married as control)

   Single

NS

1.70** (1.17-2.46)

NS

1.58*(1.09-2.30)

NS

NS

NS

NS

   Widowed/divorced

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Years of education (with 0-6 years as control)

   7 ~ 9

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

   10 ~ 12

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

   Tertiary

NS

1.97***(1.36-2.86)

NS

NS

NS

NS

1.69** (1.17-2.44)

NS

Job (with employed as control)

   Unemployed

NS

NS

1.72* (1.03-2.87)

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

   Full time students

NS

NS

1.78* (1.13-2.81)

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Zone (with zone one as control)

   Zone two

NS

0.59***(0.45-0.78)

NS

1.40*(1.06-1.86)

NS

NS

0.46***(0.35-0.61)

NS

   Zone three

NS

0.53***(0.39-0.72)

1.83** (1.24-2.71)

1.66** (1.21-2.26)

NS

NS

0.53***(0.32-0.88)

1.56*(1.08-2.25)

Adjusted R²

0.068

0.156

0.184

0.071

0.064

0.058

0.116

0.087