The risk (odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals) of poor self reported health status by step wise inclusion of the explanatory variables by logistic regression in women (n = 2260) (Sweden reference group)
| Variable | Level | Model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age+ethnicity | +Education | +Poor economic resources | +Marital status | ||
| Ethnicity | Sweden | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) |
| Poland | 1.83 (1.61 to 2.07) | 2.03 (1.63 to 2.52) | 1.94 (1.51 to 2.51) | 1.90 (1.42 to 2.53) | |
| Turkey | 5.00 (4.33 to 5.76) | 3.69 (2.82 to 4.84) | 3.09 (2.24 to 4.26) | 3.13 (2.18 to 4.51) | |
| Iran | 5.12 (4.24 to 6.19) | 5.28 (3.81 to 7.32) | 4.24 (2.88 to 6.26) | 4.25 (2.74 to 6.60) | |
| Education | Low | 2.17 (1.70 to 2.78) | 2.08 (1.56 to 2.78) | 2.11 (1.53 to 2.93) | |
| Medium | 1.46 (1.20 to 1.78) | 1.42 (1.13 to 1.79) | 1.44 (1.11 to 1.86) | ||
| High | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||
| Poor economic | Yes | 2.16 (1.74 to 2.68) | 2.02 (1.57 to 2.59) | ||
| resources | No | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 1.41 (1.11 to 1.81) | |||
| Married/cohabiting | 1 (ref) | ||||
| Model improvement | −2×log likelihood | 25.9 | 41.9 | 8.5 | |
| Degrees of freedom | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| p value | <0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.004 | ||