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Table 3 Relative risk ratios for the relationships between socioeconomic indicators and clusters from multinomial logistic regression analyses (N = 23,842; Eurobarometer 72.3, 2009, EU)

From: Socioeconomic inequality in clusters of health-related behaviours in Europe: latent class analysis of a cross-sectional European survey

 

Moderate (vs Healthy)

Risky (vs Healthy)

RRR

(95% CI)

RRR

(95% CI)

Gender

 Male

1

 

1

 

 Female

0.53

(0.48, 0.59)

0.34

(0.30, 0.39)

Age in years

0.99

(0.98, 0.99)

0.97

(0.96, 0.97)

Urbanisation

 Rural area/village

1

 

1

 

 Small/middle sized town

0.99

(0.88, 1.10)

1.03

(0.89, 1.20)

 Large town

0.99

(0.88, 1.12)

1.17

(0.99, 1.37)

Marital status

 Married/with a partner

1

 

1

 

 Single

1.16

(1.05, 1.29)

1.37

(1.20, 1.56)

Education

 20 years or older

1

 

1

 

 16–19 years

1.10

(0.98, 1.23)

1.74

(1.49, 2.03)

 15 years or less

1.15

(0.99, 1.33)

1.73

(1.40, 2.13)

Subjective social status

 Highest

1

 

1

 

 Second highest

1.18

(1.04, 1.35)

0.99

(0.82, 1.19)

 Second lowest

1.08

(0.95, 1.23)

1.15

(0.96, 1.38)

 Lowest

1.37

(1.18, 1.59)

1.57

(1.29, 1.91)

Difficulty in paying bills

 Almost never/never

1

 

1

 

 From time to time

1.14

(1.02, 1.28)

1.58

(1.37, 1.83)

 Most of the time

1.39

(1.16, 1.68)

2.44

(2.00, 2.99)

  1. The model included age, gender, marital status, urbanisation, education, subjective social status, and difficulty in paying bills