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Table 5 Adjusted effect of the gap between subjective social class and household income and education level on HRQOLa

From: Impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on overall and health-related quality of life

 

HRQOL

 

Household income

Education

 

Estimate

SE

95 % CI

 

P-value

Estimate

SE

95 % CI

 

P-value

Gap between Socioeconomic stratum and Subjective Social Class

HH [High-High]

4.924

0.938

3.086

6.762

<0.0001

5.983

1.208

3.615

8.350

<0.0001

HM [High-Mid]

0.168

0.451

-0.715

1.052

0.709

1.609

0.561

0.509

2.708

0.004

HL [High-Low]

-5.608

0.591

-6.766

-4.449

<0.0001

-4.790

1.003

-6.756

-2.825

<0.0001

MH [Mid-High]

-1.925

1.895

-5.639

1.788

0.310

3.085

1.256

0.623

5.546

0.014

MM [Mid-Mid]

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ML [Mid-Low]

-6.484

0.470

-7.405

-5.563

<0.0001

-5.683

0.541

-6.743

-4.623

<0.0001

LH [Low-High]

-2.385

1.963

-6.232

1.462

0.224

-0.195

1.409

-2.956

2.566

0.890

LM [Low-Mid]

-0.246

0.545

-1.314

0.822

0.651

-0.502

0.427

-1.339

0.336

0.240

LL [Low-Low]

-9.123

0.509

-10.121

-8.126

<0.0001

-8.113

0.442

-8.979

-7.247

<0.0001

  1. aAdjusted for age, sex, residential region, income (education), marital status, employment status, smoking status, alcohol use, number of contact with friend, self-rated health, depressive symptoms, number of chronic diseases, number of offspring, and year of survey