Table 2

 Linear regression results showing sex difference in insomnia self assessment inventory score before and after adjusting for social roles and SES

ParameterModel 1 (baseline)Model 2 (baseline model +marital status)Model 3 (baseline model + employment status)Model 4 (baseline model + no. of kids in the family)Model 5 (baseline model + educational level)Model 6 (baseline model + household income)Model 7 (full model)
estimateSEestimateSEestimateSEestimateSEestimateSEestimateSEestimateSE
*p<0.05. **p<0.001.
Intercept22.73(0.24)22.90(0.24)23.10(0.25)22.51(0.24)22.11(0.28)22.73(0.25)22.55(0.31)
Age 0.04**(0.00)0.01**(0.00)0.03**(0.00)0.04**(0.00)0.04**(0.00)0.03**(0.00)0.01**(0.00)
Self assessed health (base—fair)
Healthy−3.82**(0.08)−3.83**(0.08)−3.79(0.08)−3.83**(0.08)−3.85**(0.08)−3.83**(0.08)−3.82**(0.08)
Unhealthy5.11**(0.12)5.25**(0.12)5.13(0.13)5.13**(0.12)5.13**(0.12)5.12**(0.12)5.18**(0.13)
Shift working (base—non shift)
Shift0.77**(0.11)0.64**(0.11)0.75(0.11)0.75**(0.11)0.75**(0.11)0.77**(0.11)0.73**(0.11)
Sex (base—male)
Female 1.25** (0.07) 1.15** (0.07) 1.24** (0.07) 1.24** (0.07) 1.29** (0.07) 1.25** (0.06) 1.22** (0.08)
Marital status (base—single)
Married1.09**(0.10)1.05**(0.12)
Divorced/separate1.61**(0.22)1.53**(0.23)
Widowed1.29**(0.20)1.23**(0.20)
Employment (base—employed)
Unemployment1.28**(0.17)1.46**(0.17)
Disability/retired/others0.28*(0.13)0.53**(0.14)
Homemaker0.16(0.11)0.14(0.11)
Student−0.97**(0.13)−0.56**(0.14)
Number of children in the household 0.25**(0.04)0.13*(0.05)
Educational level (base—<9 years)
Some high school0.25*(0.12)−0.05(0.12)
High school graduate0.44**(0.12)0.31*(0.12)
Some college or higher0.50**(0.13)0.53**(0.14)
Income level (base—very low income)
Low income−0.05(0.12)−0.11(0.12)
Middle income0.04(0.13)−0.12(0.14)
High income0.38(0.28)0.10(0.29)