Table 2

Prevalence of self-reported health according to age, occupation, and mediating factors

	Men (N=6038)			Women (N=6383)
	N	Percentage	Percentage poor health	N	Percentage	Percentage poor health
Self-reported health
Good	4887	81.14		4896	76.91
Poor	1136	18.86		1470	23.09
Age group			****			****
18;29	1270	21.03	11.45	1369	21.45	13.54
30;39	1693	28.04	13.27	1897	29.72	17.49
40;49	1643	27.21	21.86	1727	27.06	26.57
50 or more	1432	23.72	28.58	1390	21.78	35.84
Socio-economic status (SES)—occupation			****			****
Managers, professionals	603	10.06	14.81	675	10.69	20.72
Technicians and associate professionals	1964	32.77	16.36	1843	29.19	19.99
Clerical support workers	410	6.84	13.27	1033	16.36	19.92
Service and sales workers	900	15.02	18.04	1269	20.10	21.98
Manual workers	2116	35.31	23.87	1493	23.65	30.94

Psychosocial factors
Marital status			****			****
Married or living with partner	4128	69.05	20.44	4058	64.06	22.55
Never married and not living with partner	1335	22.33	12.25	1101	17.38	16.92
Separated or widowed	515	8.61	23.69	1176	18.56	30.66
No of children			****			****
No child	2031	34.14	13.43	1675	26.57	17.10
At least one child	3918	65.86	21.77	4628	73.43	25.21
Unpaid work			NS			****
Q1	2106	34.88	17.55	1000	15.67	19.52
Q2	1697	28.11	19.98	1619	25.36	22.89
Q3	1042	17.26	20.62	836	13.10	29.46
Q4 (high)	1193	19.76	18.07	2928	45.87	22.60
Work–life imbalance			****			****
Q1	1439	25.16	15.03	1265	20.75	15.43
Q2	1490	26.05	14.31	1585	26.00	18.29
Q3	1604	28.04	20.04	1826	29.95	24.53
Q4 (high)	1187	20.75	27.48	1420	23.29	32.65
Social support			****			****
High	4907	86.86	17.19	5304	88.15	19.94
Low	742	13.14	26.22	713	11.85	42.08
Social network			NS			*
Q1	1060	18.06	18.21	1456	23.34	21.43
Q2	1863	31.74	18.84	2019	32.37	22.09
Q3	1363	23.22	17.90	1394	22.35	22.74
Q4 (low)	1584	26.98	20.52	1368	21.93	26.54
Social participation			*			*
More than one activity	3294	8.03	14.92	467	7.43	19.27
One activity	2181	36.64	19.93	2455	39.04	22.39
None	478	55.33	18.81	3366	53.53	24.18
Trust level			****			****
Confident	3817	72.31	16.41	4054	73.05	20.40
Not confident/careful	1462	27.69	23.07	1496	26.95	27.56
Social exclusion			****			****
Q1	1615	28.78	12.01	1715	29.25	13.00
Q2	1436	25.59	17.55	1554	26.51	19.18
Q3	1282	22.84	19.50	1321	22.53	25.89
Q4 (high)	1279	22.79	26.82	1273	21.71	36.06
Material factors
Housing conditions			****			****
0 problem	3832	64.22	15.50	3874	61.42	19.44
1 problem	1351	22.64	21.76	1568	24.86	24.74
2 problems or more	784	13.14	29.59	865	13.71	36.18
Crowding			***			****
<1	3253	55.03	17.09	3471	55.39	20.66
≥1	2658	44.97	21.14	2796	44.61	25.89
Material deprivation			****			****
No deprivation	3350	59.71	13.52	3122	53.22	14.07
1–2 deprivations	1078	19.22	20.48	1243	21.19	24.32
3–5 deprivations	779	13.89	29.29	1035	17.64	33.24
6 deprivations or more	403	7.18	32.75	466	7.94	48.37
Financial problems			****			****
No	4417	76.01	15.96	4481	73.10	18.34
Yes	1394	23.99	28.60	1649	26.90	35.85
Neighbourhood problems			***			****
Q1	1880	32.20	15.70	1808	29.46	17.41
Q2	1150	19.70	19.60	1158	18.87	20.35
Q3	1580	27.06	20.70	1705	27.78	24.87
Q4 (high)	1229	21.05	20.26	1466	23.89	29.07
Quality of public services			****			****
Q1	1336	27.12	14.69	1417	27.95	16.58
Q2	1194	24.23	16.67	1175	23.18	21.08
Q3	1242	25.21	20.18	1350	26.63	26.21
Q4 (low)	1155	23.44	23.28	1128	22.25	29.47
Access to medical services			****			****
Q1	2358	47.26	14.86	2290	41.67	17.13
Q2	710	14.23	20.14	861	15.67	21.74
Q3	1036	20.77	25.29	1284	23.37	28.81
Q4 (low)	885	17.74	28.68	1060	19.29	33.59

Occupational factors
Economic activity			****			****
Fishing/agriculture	307	5.87	26.06	157	2.79	29.49
Industry	1186	22.66	22.03	727	12.93	29.70
Construction	711	13.58	18.48	111	1.97	18.02
Service	3030	57.89	17.23	4628	82.30	22.07
No of hours per week			***			***
Less than 32 h	414	7.12	23.49	1420	22.90	21.51
32–48	3903	67.11	17.56	4063	65.53	22.67
More than 48 h	1499	25.77	20.76	717	11.56	28.67
Daily commuting time			**			*
Less than 60 min	4058	74.60	21.35	4384	76.08	25.40
60 min or more	1382	25.40	17.84	1378	23.92	21.83
Dangerous working conditions			****			****
No	3535	59.70	15.33	4742	76.20	20.69
Yes	2386	40.30	23.90	1481	23.80	30.56
Job insecurity			****			****
Low	4963	87.21	17.42	5156	86.35	21.13
High	728	12.79	25.76	815	13.65	35.02
Psychological demands			**			****
Low	3052	51.68	17.49	3590	58.02	20.79
High	2854	48.32	20.04	2598	41.98	26.00
Decision latitude at work			**			****
High	3223	54.55	17.03	3329	53.68	20.43
Low	2685	45.45	20.60	2872	46.32	25.94
Reward			****			****
High	3371	57.64	14.70	2917	47.45	17.11
Low	2477	42.36	24.34	3230	52.55	28.22
Responsibility for supervising others			NS			**
No	3547	59.57	19.04	4591	72.87	24.01
Yes	2407	40.43	18.68	1709	27.13	20.87

χ² test: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001.
Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4: quartiles of scores in the whole sample.
Other variables (household tenure, work contract and additional paid job) were not significantly associated with self-reported health.