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Table 4 Self reported morbidity by country of birth and residence for the economically inactive stratified by sex (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

Economically inactive – Men (age adjusted)

Lives in England born in England (n = 46647)

1

1

Lives in England born in Scotland (n = 1276)

1.02 (0.91 to 1.15)

1.06 (0.95 to 1.19)

Lives in Scotland born in England (n = 552)

0.73*** (0.61 to 0.86)

0.81* (0.68 to 0.97)

Lives in Scotland born in Scotland (n = 6650)

1.29*** (1.22 to 1.36)

1.15*** (1.09 to 1.21)

+SEP adjusted1

Lives in England born in England

1

1

Lives in England born in Scotland

0.92 (0.82 to 1.04)

0.98 (0.87 to 1.10)

Lives in Scotland born in England

0.73*** (0.61 to 0.87)

0.82* (0.69 to 0.99)

Lives in Scotland born in Scotland

1.06 (1.00 to 1.12)

0.98 (0.93 to 1.04)

Economically inactive – Women (age adjusted)

Lives in England born in England (n = 102156)

1

1

Lives in England born in Scotland (n = 2304)

1.09* (1.00 to 1.19)

1.14** (1.03 to 1.26)

Lives in Scotland born in England (n = 1179)

0.94 (0.83 to 1.06)

0.98 (0.85 to 1.14)

Lives in Scotland born in Scotland (n = 12569)

1.55*** (1.49 to 1.61)

1.47*** (1.41 to 1.53)

+SEP adjusted1

Lives in England born in England

1

1

Lives in England born in Scotland

1.07 (0.98 to 1.17)

1.11* (1.01 to 1.23)

Lives in Scotland born in England

0.98 (0.86 to 1.11)

1.03 (0.89 to 1.19)

Lives in Scotland born in Scotland

1.30*** (1.25 to 1.36)

1.24*** (1.18 to 1.29)

  1. 1 Adjusted for age, tenure, housing condition and car ownership.
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.