Socioeconomic differences in less than good health after adjusting for material factors, behavioural factors, and both types of factors together, women. The effects of material and behavioural factors divided into independent and shared effects. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and percentage reduction in odds ratios in reference to the base model (reduction %)
| Managers and professionals | Semi-professionals | Routine non-manuals | Manual workers | Overall effect† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | Reduction %* | OR (95% CI) | Reduction % | OR (95% CI) | Reduction % | OR (95% CI) | Reduction % | ||
| * Percentage reduction not calculated as this category did not differ from the reference category in the base model. †Average increase in less than good health from the highest occupational class category (managers and professionals) to the lowest (manual workers). ‡Adjusted for age, marital status, and parental status. | |||||||||
| Base model‡ | 1.00 | 1.14 (0.92 to 1.42) | 1.57 (1.33 to 1.84) | 2.28 (1.83 to 2.85) | 1.30 (1.22 to 1.39) | ||||
| Material factors | 1.00 | 1.02 (0.82 to 1.28) | – | 1.26 (1.05 to 1.51) | 55 | 1.77 (1.39 to 2.26) | 40 | 1.19 (1.10 to 1.28) | 38 |
| Behavioural factors | 1.00 | 1.10 (0.88 to 1.37) | – | 1.37 (1.16 to 1.63) | 34 | 1.85 (1.46 to 2.33) | 34 | 1.21 (1.13 to 1.29) | 30 |
| Material and behavioural factors | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.80 to 1.27) | – | 1.16 (0.96 to 1.40) | 72 | 1.54 (1.20 to 1.98) | 58 | 1.13 (1.05 to 1.22) | 57 |
| Independent effect of behavioural factors | – | 72–55 = 17% | 58–40 = 18% | 57–38 = 19% | |||||
| Shared effect (dependent behavioural/indirect material) | – | 34–17 = 17% | 34–18 = 16% | 30–19 = 11% | |||||
| Direct effect of material factors | – | 55–17 = 38% | 40–16 = 24% | 38–11 = 27% | |||||