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Table 3 The association between initial self-rated health (2007) and follow-up marital status (2015) among Indian respondents in the SAGE study (n = 3986)

From: Association between poor self-reported health and unmarried status among adults: examining the hypothesis of marriage protection and marriage selection in the Indian context

 

Men

25–59

60+

Odds ratio (with 95% CI)

Stable married

 Initial poor SRH

0.86 (0.55, 1.35)

0.56 (0.41, 0.77)

Stable unmarried

 Initial poor SRH

0.50 (0.19, 1.33)

1.15 (0.67, 1.97)

Married to unmarried

 Initial poor SRH

1.57* (0.95, 2.58)

1.84 (1.32, 2.57)

 

Women

Odds ratio (with 95% CI)

Stable married

 Initial poor SRH

0.68*(0.46, 1.00)

0.47 (0.24, 0.92)

Stable unmarried

 Initial poor SRH

1.72**(1.1, 2.63)

2.30**(1.2, 4.33)

Married to unmarried

 Initial poor SRH

0.93 (0.54, 1.63)

0.57 (0.15, 2.08)

  1. ***Significance at 1%, **Significance at 5%, *Significance at 10%
  2. Note: The stable married or unmarried denotes that marital status remained the same for the individuals between two waves in the SAGE survey while married to unmarried status denotes the transition of marital status between two waves in the SAGE survey.
  3. The odds represent the likelihood of stable and unstable marital status at wave 2 of the survey, and the odds ratio is the multiplicative change in the odds for one unit of change in the given independent variable, when other independent variables are controlled.
  4. The change in marital status from unmarried to married was not considered in the model as the number of unmarried became married was only 91 and further by the age and gender stratification in each group, the sample number reduced
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