Odds ratios (95% CI) for less than good health for men and women within income quintiles and for people defined as poor (income below 50% of median income) in Sweden and Britain. Adjusted for age, marital status and foreign born
| Quintile group | Sweden | Britain | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Highest income | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Inc 80 | 1.49 (1.2, 1.8) | 1.44 (1.2, 1.7) | 1.35 (1.2, 1.5) | 1.37 (1.2, 1.5) | |||
| Inc 60 | 1.71 (1.3, 2.1) | 1.50 (1.2, 1.8) | 1.62 (1.5, 1.8) | 1.65 (1.5, 1.8) | |||
| Inc 40 | 1.71 (1.4, 2.2) | 1.70 (1.4, 2.1) | 1.88 (1.7, 2.1) | 1.85 (1.7, 2.0) | |||
| Lowest income | 2.38 (1.8, 3.1) | 1.67 (1.3, 2.1) | 2.18 (1.9, 2.4) | 2.48 (2.2, 2.7) | |||
| Not poor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Poor | 1.894-150 (1.2, 3.0) | 1.16 (0.8, 1.7) | 1.56 (1.4, 1.7) | 1.68 (1.6, 1.8) | |||
↵4-150 An interaction term is included in this logistic regression model because of a strong negative interaction between poverty and foreign born.