Table 2

Very good perceived health status among boys and girls of Barcelona, 2006

	Very good perceived health
	Boys			Girls
	Prevalence (%)	PR	95% CI	Prevalence (%)	PR	95% CI
Age, years
12–13	69.4	1		53.8	1
14	63.0	0.90	0.76 to 1.08	45.7	0.84	0.65 to 1.10
15–16	59.9	0.86	0.73 to 1.01	40.4	0.74	0.59 to 0.94
Type of school
Private/subsidized	63.7	1		48.2	1
Public	65.2	1.02	0.88 to 1.18	41.6	0.86	0.68 to 1.09
Level of paternal education
University	71.4	1		50.6	1
Secondary	64.2	0.89	0.76 to 1.05	45.3	0.89	0.70 to 1.14
Primary	51.1	0.71	0.53 to 0.96	37.3	0.73	0.50 to 1.08
Missing responses	54.7	0.76	0.62 to 0.93	43.8	0.86	0.64 to 1.15
Level of maternal education
University	64.9	1		50.3	1
Secondary	65.8	1.01	0.86 to 1.19	47.3	0.93	0.74 to 1.17
Primary	57.8	0.89	0.68 to 1.16	27.9	0.55	0.33 to 0.91
Missing responses	63.5	0.97	0.81 to 1.17	45.7	0.90	0.67 to 1.22
Family's social class
Non-manual	69.1	1		50.7	1
Manual	58.4	0.86	0.73 to 1.02	37.0	0.72	0.56 to 0.94
Missing response	54.5	0.81	0.58 to 1.12	33.3	0.65	0.34 to 1.27
FAS
High	72.2	1		50.9	1
Middle	60.4	0.83	0.72 to 0.96	46.4	0.91	0.73 to 1.12
Low	56.9	0.78	0.62 to 0.99	38.2	0.75	0.53 to 1.05
Family structure
Two-parent family	62.4	1		51.0	1
Mixed	66.7	1.06	0.92 to 1.23	44.2	0.86	0.68 to 1.08
Single parent or other	66.0	1.05	0.84 to 1.31	30.2	0.59	0.38 to 0.90
Chronic condition
No	66.2	1		48.5	1
Yes	52.3	0.78	0.61 to 1.00	27.1	0.55	0.34 to 0.89

Data are prevalence (%) and bivariate association (PR and 95% CI) according to independent variables.
FAS, family affluence scale; PR, prevalence ratio.