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Table 2 Results of logistic regression models of factors explaining less than good self-rated health

From: Health and wellbeing in informal caregivers and non-caregivers: a comparative cross-sectional study of the Swedish general population

  

Crude

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

OR 95 % CI

OR 95 % CI

OR 95 % CI

OR 95 % CI

OR 95 % CI

Caregiving

Caregiver

     

No

1

1

1

1

1

Yes

1.34** (1.28 to 1.40)

1.20** (1.14 to 1.26)

1.15** (1.09 to 1.21)

1.10** (1.05 to 1.16)

1.07* (1.01 to 1.13)

Demographic

Gender

     

Male

1

1

1

1

1

Female

1.17** (1.13 to 1.20)

1.23** (1.19 to 1.27)

1.19** (1.16 to 1.23)

1.25** (1.21 to 1.29)

1.24** (1.20 to 1.29)

Age

1.03** (1.03 to 1.03)

1.02** (1.02 to 1.02)

1.03** (1.03 to 1.03)

1.03** (1.03 to 1.03)

1.02** (1.02 to 1.02)

Education level

     

University

1

1

1

1

1

Secondary school or equal

1.36** (1.30 to 1.42)

1.47** (1.40 to 1.55)

1.39** (1.32 to 1.46)

1.38** (1.32 to 1.45)

1.38** (1.31 to 1.46)

Compulsory school

2.47** (2.37 to 2.58)

2.19** (2.10 to 2.29)

2.06** (1.96 to 2.15)

2.02** (1.93 to 2.11)

2.02** (1.92 to 2.12)

Socioeconomic

Financial status

     

No problems

1

 

1

1

1

Have problems

2.13** (2.05 to 2.22)

 

3.02** (2.89 to 3.15)

2.74** (2.62 to 2.87)

2.32** (2.21 to 2.44)

Social support

Emotional social support

     

Yes

1

  

1

1

No

2.31** (2.22 to 2.42)

  

1.96** (1.86 to 2.06)

2.01** (1.89 to 2.12)

Instrumental social support

     

Yes

1

  

1

1

No

3.08** (2.89 to 3.27)

  

1.84** (1.71 to 1.98)

1.89** (1.74 to 2.05)

Illness

Long-term illness

     

No

1

   

1

Yes

7.71** (7.46 to 7.96)

   

6.54** (6.31 to 6.79)

  1. Odds ratio (OR), significant level and confidence interval (CI) for having poor SRH
  2. SRH was dichotomized to lower than good (=1) and good or very good (=0)
  3. *P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01
  4. Model 1 = Cargiving + gender + age + education level, Model 2 = Model 1 + Financial status, Model 3 = Model 2 + Social support, Model 4 = Model 3 + Long-term illness + Year of data collection (not shown in table)