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Table 6 Adjusted effect of the gap between subjective social class and household income and education level on QOLa

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

 

QOL

 

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]

8.549

0.850

6.883 1

0.215

<0.0001

9.097

1.096

6.950

11.244

<0.0001

HM [High-Mid]

1.402

0.409

0.601

2.203

0.001

1.258

0.509

0.260

2.255

0.014

HL [High-Low]

-8.044

0.536

-9.094

-6.994

<0.0001

-10.188

0.910

-11.971

-8.405

<0.0001

MH [Mid-High]

0.646

1.717

-2.720

4.012

0.707

4.643

1.139

2.411

6.876

<0.0001

MM [Mid-Mid]

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ML [Mid-Low]

-10.670

0.426

-11.505

-9.835

<0.0001

-9.838

0.490

-10.799

-8.877

<0.0001

LH [Low-High]

0.491

1.779

-2.997

3.978

0.783

1.501

1.278

-1.003

4.005

0.240

LM [Low-Mid]

0.005

0.494

-0.963

0.973

0.992

-0.849

0.388

-1.609

-0.090

0.029

LL [Low-Low]

-13.919

0.461

-14.823 -1

3.015

<0.0001

-12.783

0.401

-13.568

-11.998

<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