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Table 2 Self-rated health across socio-demographic characteristics of the sample (n = 1174)

From: Inequalities in self-rated health among 45+ year-olds in Almaty, Kazakhstan: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Poor

Satisfactory

Gooda

Pb

Age, years

   

<0.001

45–54

20 (4.9)

189 (46.3)

199 (48.8)

 

55–64

29 (8.5)

184 (53.8)

129 (37.7)

 

65–74

54 (20.2)

154 (57.7)

59 (22.1)

 

75+

35 (22.3)

106 (67.5)

16 (10.2)

 

Gender

   

<0.001

Male

42 (8.4)

239 (47.9)

218 (43.7)

 

Female

96 (14.2)

394 (58.4)

185 (27.4)

 

Ethnic background

   

0.002

Kazakh

32 (8.2)

201 (51.7)

156 (40.1)

 

Russian

92 (14.5)

353 (55.5)

191 (30.0)

 

Other/Unknown

14 (9.4)

59 (57.0)

76 (37.6)

 

Education

   

<0.001

Secondary or less

65 (19.1)

197 (58.6)

74 (22.0)

 

Vocational

43 (15.5)

155 (55.8)

80 (28.8)

 

Higher

30 (5.4)

281 (50.2)

249 (44.5)

 

Occupation

   

<0.001

Blue-collar

9 (3.5)

114 (44.7)

132 (51.8)

 

White-collar

9 (4.7)

68 (35.8)

113 (59.5)

 

Unemployed

13 (9.6)

83 (61.0)

40 (29.4)

 

Pensioner

102 (18.2)

355 (63.4)

103 (18.4)

 

Other/Unknown

5 (15.2)

13 (39.4)

15 (45.5)

 

Marital status

   

<0.001

Married

69 (8.4)

431 (52.4)

323 (39.2)

 

Unmarried

69 (19.7)

202 (57.5)

80 (22.8)

 

Self-reported material deprivation

   

<0.001

Category 1

40 (24.8)

103 (64.0)

18 (11.2)

 

Category 2

39 (18.1)

141 (65.6)

35 (16.3)

 

Category 3

26 (9.3)

159 (56.8)

95 (33.9)

 

Category 4

12 (4.1)

126 (43.3)

153 (52.6)

 

Unknown

201 (9.3)

104 (45.8)

102 (44.9)

 

Total (n = 1174)

138 (11.8)

633 (53.9)

403 (34.3)

 
  1. aGood and excellent combined.
  2. bCompared using Pearson’s chi-squared test.