Homelessness and self-rated health: evidence from a national survey of homeless people in Spain

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Results of the logistic regression model examining the factors in health perception

	Good health versus Poor health	p	Regular health vs Poor health	P
Sex
Male	2.00* [1.37, 2.93]	< 0.001	1.66* [1.28, 2.15]	< 0.001
Female	Reference		Reference
Alcohol consumption
Abstainer^a	2.66* [1.07,6.62]	0.035	2.38* [1.34, 4.22]	0.003
Moderate-Risk^b	2.20 [0.88,5.47]	0.090	2.05* [1.15, 3.64]	0.014
High-Risk^c	Reference		Reference
Ever use drugs^a	0.69* [0.53, 0.91]	0.008	0.90 [0.74, 1.09]	0.306
Hospital once last year ^a	0.49* [0.35, 0.68]	< 0.001	0.52* [0.42, 0.65]	< 0.001
Go to the doctor last month^a	0.60* [0.46, 0.78]	< 0.001	0.59* [0.48, 0.72]	< 0.001
Health card^a	1.66* [1.15, 2.40]	0.006	1.32 [0.99, 1.75]	0.053
Sleeping difficulties ^a	0.29* [0.22, 0.38]	< 0.001	0.43* [0.35, 0.52]	< 0.001
Disability
Physical	0.157* [0.07, 0.31]	< 0.001	0.412* [0.30, 0.56]	< 0.001
Sensory or intelectual	0.378 [0.08, 1.76]	0.215	0.91 [0.41, 1.99]	0.815
Psychiatric	0.294* [0.12, 0.71]	0.007	1.23 [0.80, 1.88]	0.343
No one	Reference		Reference
Age
18–29	7.21*[4.86, 10.68]	< 0.001	2.72* [1.99, 3.73]	< 0.001
30–39	3.18* [2.17, 4.64]	< 0.001	2.05* [1.56, 2.70]	< 0.001
40–49	1.86* [1.31, 2.66]	0.001	1.44* [1.14, 1.82]	0.002
≥ 50	Reference		Reference

^aBad health is the reference category. Results are reported as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals shown in parentheses *p < 0.05. ^aReference category is ‘no’

ISSN: 1471-2458