Table 1

Health behaviour and self rated health

		Percentages
	Social class	Men (n=758)	Women (n=933)	Odds ratio for social class, adjusted for age and sex (95% CI)	Odd ratio for social class, adjusted for age, sex, and self rated health (95% CI)
Age distribution
<35 years		24.5	24.5
35–49 years		26.0	26.9
50–64 years		26.5	22.1
⩾65 years		23.0	26.5
Current cigarette smoking	Class I/II	19.6	22.1	1	1
	Class III	28.5	26.3	1.50 (1.15 to 1.96)	1.39 (1.06 to 1.82)
	Class IV/V	42.0	36.2	2.65 (1.94 to 3.62)	2.36 (1.72 to 3.24)
No vigorous leisure time physical activity over the past week	Class I/II	49.7	57.8	1	1
	Class III	61.2	71.1	1.65 (1.31 to 2.09)	1.46 (1.15 to 1.86)
	Class IV/V	61.6	80.2	2.17 (1.60 to 2.94)	1.81 (1.32 to 2.47)
Fewer than one portion of fruit per day	Class I/II	36.4	19.8	1	1
	Class III	47.4	31.5	1.74 (1.36 to 2.24)	1.67 (1.31 to 2.14)
	Class IV/V	49.1	37.7	2.21 (1.64 to 2.98)	2.08 (1.54 to 2.82)
Fewer than one portion of vegetables per day	Class I/II	24.1	13.3	1	1
	Class III	37.1	26.6	2.12 (1.62 to 2.77)	1.95 (1.49 to 2.57)
	Class IV/V	44.6	31.4	2.89 (2.10 to 3.99)	2.57 (1.86 to 3.57)
Fair or poor self rated health	Class I/II	17.7	15.6	1
	Class III	31.3	26.8	2.00 (1.51 to 2.65)
	Class IV/V	34.8	38.2	2.85 (2.05 to 3.94)