Table 5

ORs of reporting ‘poor health’ over the last year among persons aged 60 years and over

Model 1Model 2Model 2
MenWomen
ORs (95% CI)ORs (95% CI)ORs (95% CI)ORs (95% CI)
Age1.03 (1.03 to 1.04) ***1.01 (1.00 to 1.02) **1.00 (0.99 to 1.02)1.02 (1.01 to 1.03) **
Gender (ref: men)
 Women0.93 (0.83 to 1.04)0.85 (0.75 to 0.96) *
Ethnicity (ref: white British)
 Irish1.42 (0.93 to 2.17)1.15 (0.75 to 1.77)1.07 (0.57 to 1.98)1.28 (0.70 to 2.33)
 Other white1.12 (0.62 to 2.03)1.14 (0.62 to 2.09)1.13 (0.38 to 3.37)1.03 (0.49 to 2.17)
 Mixed1.41 (0.63 to 3.18)1.18 (0.51 to 2.75)0.95 (0.25 to 3.63)1.53 (0.51 to 4.58)
 Indian1.42 (0.83 to 2.42)1.42 (0.82 to 2.47)1.27 (0.55 to 2.97)1.77 (0.84 to 3.74)
 Pakistani6.05 (3.43 to 10.68) ***4.81 (2.67 to 8.69) ***5.99 (2.59 to 13.83) ***4.63 (1.93 to 11.10) **
 Bangladeshi2.30 (1.10 to 4.81) *1.88 (0.87 to 4.04)2.43 (0.90 to 6.58)1.41 (0.38 to 5.14)
 Other Asian0.86 (0.28 to 2.59)0.86 (0.28 to 2.65)0.50 (0.06 to 4.17)1.18 (0.29 to 4.81)
 Caribbean1.25 (0.75 to 2.09)0.85 (0.51 to 1.44)0.82 (0.37 to 1.82)0.91 (0.45 to 1.82)
 African2.12 (1.05 to 4.29) *1.32 (0.64 to 2.72)2.27 (0.82 to 6.30)0.90 (0.32 to 2.57)
 Any other ethnic group2.45 (1.41 to 4.25) **2.04 (1.15 to 3.61) *2.66 (1.13 to 6.27) *1.81 (0.83 to 3.95)
Time resident in the UK (ref: born in the UK)
 Less than 10 years1.07 (4.25 to 2.83)0.92 (0.34 to 2.48)0.72 (0.17 to 3.08)1.28 (0.31 to 5.30)
 10–39 years1.22 (0.76 to 1.97)1.10 (0.67 to 1.81)0.48 (0.21 to 1.10)1.77 (0.93 to 3.38)
 40–49 years1.19 (0.78 to 1.84)1.14 (0.73 to 1.79)0.88 (0.44 to 1.76)1.29 (0.71 to 2.34)
 50+ years1.31 (0.92 to 1.86)1.30 (0.91 to 1.87)1.00 (0.57 to 1.76)1.61 (1.01 to 2.59) *
Income quintile (ref: top)
 Fourth quintile1.53 (1.25 to 1.89) ***1.63 (1.24 to 2.13) ***1.32 (0.95 to 1.84)
 Third quintile1.31 (1.06 to 1.62) *1.61 (1.22 to 2.13) **0.98 (0.70 to 1.35)
 Second quintile1.12 (0.90 to 1.39)1.51 (1.11 to 2.05) **0.81 (0.58 to 1.11)
 Bottom1.03 (0.82 to 1.29)1.52 (1.10 to 2.11) *0.73 (0.53 to 1.00)
Deprivation (ref: first quartile (lowest))
 Second quartile1.59 (1.29 to 1.95) ***1.41 (1.07 to 1.86) *1.81 (1.34 to 2.45) ***
 Third quartile2.58 (2.13 to 3.13) ***2.60 (1.99 to 3.38) ***2.56 (1.92 to 3.41) ***
 Fourth quartile4.07 (3.38 to 4.90) ***3.66 (2.82 to 4.75) ***4.34 (3.32 to 5.68) ***
  • ***p<0.001; **p<0.01; *p<0.05.