Table 3 Odds ratios for self-rated-health according to residence, region, education and wealth groups (men), WHS, Turkey 2002

Residence

 Urban

1532

1.00

-

1.00

-

794

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Rural

1494

1.12

0.78–1.59

1.08

0.76–1.56

800

1.21

0.87–1.67

1.11

0.79–1.55

Region

 West

923

1.00

-

1.00

1.00

504

1.00

-

1.00

1.00

 Med

375

0.95

0.48–1.87

0.84

0.42–1.67

237

1.20

0.70–2.06

1.04

0.60–1.80

 Middle

449

1.12

0.61–2.05

0.83

0.45–1.54

244

1.67*

1.02–2.74

1.27

0.76–2.13

 Black Sea

367

0.81

0.39–1.67

0.75

0.36–1.56

200

0.94

0.51–1.72

0.81

0.43–1.50

 East

912

2.06*

1.32–3.22

1.21

0.75–1.94

409

1.51

0.98–2.34

1.04

0.66–1.64

Education

 8+

1479

1.00

-

1.00

-

380

1.00

-

1.00

 5–7 years

1377

2.45**

1.60–3.75

1.43

0.90–2.25

822

3.82**

1.95–7.48

3.36*

1.67–6.77

 0–4 years

170

5.99**

3.35–10.69

2.29*

1.20–4.40

392

7.24**

3.64–14.40

5.04**

2.41–10.52

Wealth

 Highest wealth

749

1.00

-

1.00

-

276

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Second highest

1162

2.87*

1.32–6.24

2.53*

1.15–5.57

578

1.01

0.55–1.86

0.74

0.39–1.39

 Middle

408

4.78**

2.07–11.02

3.94*

1.68–9.28

321

1.33

0.70–2.53

0.87

0.45–1.71

 Second lowest

283

11.18**

4.97–25.16

8.50**

3.63–19.92

171

2.74*

1.42–5.28

1.56

0.78–3.11

 Lowest

424

11.54**

5.35–24.86

7.46**

3.24–17.19

248

3.90**

2.14–7.10

1.99*

1.04–3.82