Table 3 Socioeconomic factors and type 2 diabetes among 45 and up study participants
From: Independent roles of country of birth and socioeconomic status in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic factor | No | Yes | OR (1)* | 95% CI | OR (2)† | 95% CI | OR (3)‡ | 95% CI | ||
N | % | N | % | |||||||
Educational qualification | ||||||||||
University and higher | 56,919 | 94.2 | 3,538 | 5.8 | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Trade, apprenticeship | 76,569 | 91.6 | 6,984 | 8.4 | 1.27 | 1.21-1.32 | 1.32 | 1.26-1.38 | 1.17 | 1.11-1.22 |
School intermediate | 75,773 | 90.7 | 7,790 | 9.3 | 1.13 | 1.08-1.18 | 1.19 | 1.14-1.25 | 1.79 | 1.03-1.13 |
No formal qualification | 26,387 | 86.0 | 4,278 | 14.0 | 1.63 | 1.55-1.72 | 1.71 | 1.62-1.80 | 1.36 | 1.30-1.46 |
Annual household income | ||||||||||
>$AU50,000 | 84,763 | 94.9 | 4,548 | 5.1 | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
$AU20,000-<$AU50,000 | 59,117 | 91.1 | 5,801 | 8.9 | 1.37 | 1.31-1.43 | 1.34 | 1.28-1.40 | 1.32 | 1.26-1.38 |
<$AU20,000 | 44,001 | 85.5 | 7,472 | 14.5 | 2.05 | 1.95-2.14 | 1.95 | 1.86-2.05 | 1.79 | 1.70-1.88 |
Did not disclose | 39,140 | 90.7 | 4,005 | 9.3 | 1.46 | 1.39-1.54 | 1.42 | 1.35-1.49 | 1.36 | 1.29-1.43 |
Work status | ||||||||||
In paid work | 77,525 | 95.0 | 4,051 | 5.0 | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Retired | 82,569 | 87.7 | 11,565 | 12.3 | 1.22 | 1.16-1.29 | 1.26 | 1.20-1.33 | 1.25 | 1.18-1.32 |
Other | 77,252 | 91.5 | 7,203 | 8.5 | 1.17 | 1.12-1.23 | 1.20 | 1.14-1.25 | 1.21 | 1.15-1.26 |