Association between self rated health and regional income inequality, measured using five different indices. Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) for the prevalence of (a) poor health, and (b) very poor health, comparing those living in regions with the highest income inequality (category four) with those in regions with the lowest income inequality (category one), and adjusted for individual socioeconomic status*
| Poor health | Very poor health | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inequality index | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | p | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | p | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p |
| *Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, income (by fifths within region), housing tenure, social class by head of household, employment status, education, and ethnicity. | ||||||||
| GE(−1) | 1.05 (0.82 to 0.134) | 0.72 | 1.16 (0.95 to 1.42) | 0.16 | 1.12 (0.68 to 1.85) | 0.66 | 1.27 (0.79 to 2.03) | 0.32 |
| GE(0) | 1.07 (0.84 to 1.36) | 0.58 | 1.17 (0.94 to 1.46) | 0.16 | 1.20 (0.74 to 1.95) | 0.47 | 1.41 (0.92 to 2.15) | 0.12 |
| GE(1) | 1.12 (0.93 to 0.134) | 0.22 | 1.12 (0.90 to 1.39) | 0.33 | 1.40 (1.01 to 1.92) | 0.04 | 1.35 (0.87 to 2.09) | 0.18 |
| GE(2) | 1.09 (0.87 to 1.36) | 0.46 | 1.07 (0.84 to 1.37) | 0.57 | 1.38 (0.93 to 2.04) | 0.11 | 1.26 (0.79 to 2.02) | 0.33 |
| Gini coefficient | 1.20 (1.11 to 1.29) | <0.001 | 1.21 (1.06 to 1.39) | 0.006 | 1.49 (1.15 to 1.93) | 0.003 | 1.42 (0.94 to 2.14) | 0.09 |