Table 2

Results from logistic regression analysis of risk of fair or not good health for pairs of socioeconomic variables

Model		1988/9					df
		Men						Women		Men		Women
		Model -2 log likelihood	Change in −2 log likelihood					Model -2 log likelihood	Change in −2 log likelihood	Model -2 log likelihood	Change in −2 log likelihood	Model −2 log likelihood	Change in −2 log likelihood
Null	2174.9			2415.3		1377.3		1620.2
Age and social class	2133.7	41.2		2368.7	46.6	1328.7	48.6	1582.9	37.3	4
Social class, age and
Townsend indicators	2023.2	151.7^2-165		2314.3	101	1308.8^**	68.5	1545.9^**	74.3	7
Household resources	2078	96.9^2-165		2329.2	86.1	1291^**	86.3	1551.8^**	68.4	7
Housing tenure	2118.1	56.8^2-165		2339.8	75.5	1314.2^**	63.1	1544.7^**	75.5	6
Car affordability	2122.1	52.8^2-165		2358.4	56.9	1315.1^**	62.2	1581.4^**	38.8	5
Age and educational qualifications	2114	60.9		2367.5	47.8	1339.7	37.6	1573.4	46.8	4
Educational qualifications, age and
Townsend indicators	2004.9	170^2-165		2312	103.3	1317.5^2-165	59.8	1535.1^2-165	85.1	7
Household resources	2058.8	116.1^2-165		2328.7	86.6	1298.8^**	78.5	1541.8^2-165	78.4	7
Housing tenure	2100.3	74.6^2-165		2337	78.3	1320.4^**	56.9	1533.2^2-165	87	6
Car affordability	2102	72.9^2-165		2356.9	58.4	1322.7^**	54.6	1571.2^2-165	49	5
Age and income	2109.6	65.3		2348	67.3	1340.3	37	1574	46.2	4
Income, age and
Townsend indicators	2019.8	155.1^2-165		2309.4	105.9	1323.4^**	53.9	1545.5^2-165	74.7	7
Household resources	2068.8	106.1^2-165		2323.8	91.5	1304^**	73.3	1549^2-165	71.2	7
Housing tenure	2102.4	72.5^2-165		2329.3	86	1325^**	52.3	1544.9^2-165	75.3	6
Car affordability	2102.9	72^2-165		2343.2	72.1	1327.6^**	49.7	1573.6^2-165	46.6	5