Table 6 Odds rations (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for having poor health by age, gender, living and working status, country of birth, smoking, chronic disease, depression, number of symptoms and life satisfaction. The ORs are adjusted for all confounders.

Age (65+ years = reference)

16–44

0.96

0.59–1.57

1.51

0.83–2.76

0.65

0.31–1.33

0.65

0.29–1.45

45–64

1.62

1.05–2.50

2.47

1.45–4.21

1.73

0.95–3.18

1.44

0.74–2.81

Male (female= ref)

0.52

0.35–0.76

0.56

0,37–0.84

0.86

0.54–1.37

0.87

0.52–1.46

Living alone (no = ref)

0.52

0.33–0.83

0.67

0.40–1.11

0.74

0.42–1.30

Working (yes =ref)

2.10

1.35–3.26

1.42

0.86–2.34

1.21

0.69–2.11

Country of birth (other = ref)

Sweden

0.50

0.28–0.88

0.52

0.26–1.02

0.41

0.20–0.84

Nordic

0.57

0.27–1.21

0.44

0.19–1.02

0.26

0.10–0.66

Europe

1.19

0.55–2.57

0.96

0.40–2.31

0.68

0.26–1.80

Smoking (yes = ref)

0.81

0.50–1.32

0.97

0.56–1.66

Chronic disease (yes = ref)

0.68

0.36–1.27

0.97

0.56–1.27

Depression (yes = ref)

0.29

0.17–0.48

0.55

0.31–0.98

Number of symptoms (>6 ref)

1–3 symptoms

0.25

0.13–0.48

0.30

0.15–0.60

4–6 symptoms

0.85

0.46–1.58

0.98

0.50–1.92

Life satisfaction* (high = ref)

Low

15.40

5.28–44.97

Fair

7.02

3.98–12.38