Aging and self-reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio-economic inequalities

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Associations of age, education and city GDP with poor self-reported health in 114 cities in Latin America among women (n = 41,733)

Variable	Model 1: Age		Model 2: Age, adjusting for individual education		Model 3: Model 2 + GDP Tertiles		Model 4: Model 2 + SEI Tertiles		Model 5: Model 2 + GDP tertiles + SEI Tertiles
	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value	RR (95% CI)	p-value
Individual-level factors
Age, per 10 years increase, among people aged 25–65 years	1.29 (1.26, 1.32)	< 0.001	1.21 (1.18, 1.24)	< 0.001	1.21 (1.18, 1.24)	< 0.001	1.21 (1.18, 1.24)	< 0.001	1.21 (1.18, 1.24)	< 0.001
Age, per 10 years increase, among people aged > 65 years	1.02 (0.99, 1.06)	0.19	0.97 (0.94, 1.00)	0.09	0.97 (0.94, 1.01)	0.09	0.97 (0.94, 1.01)	0.096	0.97 (0.94, 1.01)	0.096
Education less than primary			2.77 (2.59, 2.96)	< 0.001	2.76 (2.58, 2.96)	< 0.001	2.76 (2.58, 2.95)	< 0.001	2.76 (2.58, 2.95)	< 0.001
Education primary			2.39 (2.22, 2.57)	< 0.001	2.39 (2.22, 2.57)	< 0.001	2.39 (2.22, 2.57)	< 0.001	2.39 (2.22, 2.57)	< 0.001
Education secondary			1.60 (1.50, 1.71)	< 0.001	1.60 (1.50, 1.71)	< 0.001	1.60 (1.50, 1.71)	< 0.001	1.60 (1.50, 1.71)	< 0.001
Education university or higher			1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
City-GDP per capita and SEI
GDP per capita: tertile 1					1.24 (1.13, 1.36)	< 0.001			1.19 (1.13, 1.36)	0.005
GDP per capita: tertile 2					1.07 (0.98, 1.17)	0.15			1.06 (0.97, 1.16)	0.208
GDP per capita: tertile 3					1.00 (reference)				1.00 (reference)
SEI: tertile 1							1.29 (1.17, 1.42)	< 0.001	1.23 (1.11, 1.37)	< 0.001
SEI: tertile 1							1.15 (1.04, 1.26)	0.004	1.17 (1.07, 1.19)	0.001
SEI: tertile 1							1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)

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