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Table 2 Self reported health by country of birth and residence (odds ratios and 95% CIs)

From: Is there a "Scottish effect" for self reports of health? Individual level analysis of the 2001 UK census

  Limiting illness Not good health
Age & sex adjusted
Lives in England born in England 1 1
Lives in England born in Scotland 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) 1.06* (1.00 to 1.11)
Lives in Scotland born in England 0.88*** (0.82 to 0.93) 0.91* (0.84 to 0.98)
Lives in Scotland born in Scotland 1.28*** (1.26 to 1.31) 1.31*** (1.28 to 1.34)
+SEP and employment status adjusted1
Lives in England born in England 1 1
Lives in England born in Scotland 0.97 (0.93 to 1.02) 1.02 (0.96 to 1.08)
Lives in Scotland born in England 0.87*** (0.81 to 0.94) 0.92 (0.85 to 1.01)
Lives in Scotland born in Scotland 1.05*** (1.02 to 1.07) 1.04** (1.01 to 1.07)
  1. 1 Adjusted for age, sex, tenure, housing condition, car ownership and employment status.
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
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