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Table 3 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of worse health than a year ago by socioeconomic characteristics

From: Levels and distribution of self-rated health in the Kazakh population: results from the Kazakhstan household health survey 2012

Characteristic

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Education

Primary or less

1.0

1.0

1.0

Vocational

0.73 (0.60-0.88)

0.73 (0.60-0.88)

0.75 (0.62-0.91)

Secondary

0.52 (0.43-0.63)

0.53 (0.44-0.65)

0.54 (0.45-0.66)

University

0.52 (0.42-0.63)

0.55 (0.45-0.68)

0.54 (0.44-0.68)

Income quartile

Q1 (lowest)

1.0

1.0

1.0

Q2

0.84 (0.70-1.00)

0.88 (0.74-1.06)

0.87 (0.72-1.04)

Q3

0.82 (0.68-0.99)

0.90 (0.74-1.08)

0.93 (0.77-1.13)

Q4 (highest)

0.59 (0.47-0.73)

0.66 (0.53-0.83)

0.71 (0.56-0.90)

Missing

0.85 (0.68-1.05)

0.90 (0.72-1.11)

0.92 (0.73-1.14)

Married

Married

1.0

1.0

1.0

Unmarried

1.42 (1.24-1.62)

1.31 (1.14-1.50)

1.22 (1.06-1.41)

Ethnicity

Kazakh

1.0

1.0

1.0

Russia

0.93 (0.81-1.08)

0.96 (0.83-1.11)

0.89 (0.77-1.04)

Other

0.97 (0.78-1.19)

0.92 (0.74-1.14)

0.90 (0.73-1.12)

Urban

Urban

1.0

1.0

1.0

Rural

1.08 (0.95-1.24)

1.21 (1.05-1.39)

1.13 (0.98-1.31)

Car ownership

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

Yes

0.66 (0.57-0.75)

0.69 (0.60-.80)

0.68 (0.58-0.80)

Second house

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

Yes

0.96 (0.71-1.31)

1.11 (0.81-1.51)

1.19 (0.87-1.63)

Computer

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

Yes

0.96 (0.83-1.10)

1.09 (0.93-1.26)

1.20 (1.02-1.40)

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age, sex and region; Model 2: additionally adjusted for income and education; Model 3: adjusted for all variables in the table.