Table 2

Results from logistic regression analysis predicting poor SRH at interview in wave 3, women aged 64+ at interview

	Model 1	Model2	Model 3
Cluster group (reference 1. Full-time workers)
2. Family carers	1.00	0.91	1.03
3. Full-time returners	0.75^†	0.70*	0.75^†
4. Part-time returners	0.81	0.82	0.92
5. Atypical/inactive	1.34	1.28	1.40
Age group at interview (reference 64–69)
70–79	1.23^†	1.13	1.16
80+	1.75***	1.44*	1.48*
Multiple role index score	1.03	1.07	1.21
Poor childhood SRH	1.46*	1.43*	1.43*
Number of periods of adult ill health (reference=none)
One or two	3.02***	2.82***	2.84***
Three or more	6.02***	5.07***	5.11***
NSSEC (reference 1. Higher managerial/professional)
2. Intermediate		0.87	0.87
3. Routine/manual		1.69***	1.68***
4. Long-term unemployed		1.76^†	1.82^†
Housing wealth band (reference none)
£1–£149 999		0.75^†	0.75*
£150–£299 999		0.51***	0.50***
£300–£449 999		0.39***	0.38***
£450 000+		0.26***	0.26***
Per cent of life in part-time work		0.99	0.99
Number of children (reference none)
1			0.84
2			0.74
3+			0.83
Current marital status (reference never married)
Married (first marriage)			0.93
Remarried			1.31
Divorced			0.85
Widowed			0.89
N	2160	2160	2160

Exponentiated coefficients.
†p<0.10.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
NSSEC, National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification; SRH: self-rated health.