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Table 3 Overall quality of life, perceived health condition with regard to selected socioeconomic indicators in single and married people (N = 4460)

From: Socio-economic correlates of quality of life in single and married urban individuals: a Polish case study

IVs

Overall quality of life

Perceived health condition

Single

Married

Single

Married

Single

Married

Single

Married

ORH-L (± 95% CI)

ORH-L (± 95% CI)

ORH-L (± 95% CI)

ORH-L (± 95% CI)

Sex

        

Woman

0.66 (0.50–0.87)

0.75 (0.59–0.95)

0.97 (0.79–1.19)

0.89 (0.75–1.05)

0.51 (0.38–0.68)

0.94 (0.72–1.23)*

0.75 (0.61–0.92)

0.91 (0.77–1.07)

Man

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Age

        

 ≤ 34 years

2.89 (1.99–4.19)

2.62 (1.90–3.62)

4.36 (3.26–5.83)

2.02 (1.6–2.57)*

3.34 (2.20–5.07)

1.78 (0.95–3.35)

3.23 (2.46–4.23)

2.78 (2.21–3.50)

35–44 years

0.98 (0.52–1.85)

3.00 (2.28–3.93)*

3.12 (2.09–4.64)

1.62 (1.32–1.99)*

5.24 (3.63–7.56)

5.10 (3.69–7.04)*

2.71 (1.83–4.01)

2.17 (1.78–2.65)

 ≥ 45 years

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

    

Education

        

University

2.99 (2.05–4.36)

6.90 (5.12–9.29)*

1.21 (0.90–1.63)

3.28 (2.61–4.12)

1.67 (1.11–2.50)

1.12 (0.81–1.55)

1.66 (1.23–2.24)

2.21 (1.82–2.70)

Secondary

1.71 (1.23–2.38)

1.41 (1.03–1.93)*

1.39 (1.11–1.74)

1.48 (1.21–1.79)*

2.13 (1.53–2.96)

1.82 (1.32–2.52)*

1.35 (1.08–1.70)

1.73 (1.42–2.10)

Primary

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occupation

        

Laborer

1.21 (0.75–1.94)

4.25 (2.24–8.07)*

1.72 (1.24–2.40)

1.76 (1.37–2.27)

1.62 (0.98–2.67)

13.91 (4.29–45.06)*

2.11 (1.52–2.94)

1.92 (1.47–2.51)

White collar worker

2.08 (1.30–3.32)

11.95 (6.46–22.08)*

2.39 (1.70–3.36)

3.63 (2.82–4.65)

2.54 (1.56–4.15)

30.28 (9.50–96.52)*

2.25 (1.61–3.16)

3.93 (3.05–5.08)*

Entrepreneur

5.05 (2.61–9.79)

48.21 (25.58–90.85)*

3.79 (2.18–6.58)

5.42 (3.95–7.46)

4.15 (2.12–8.14)

55.34 (17.27–177.31)*

2.53 (1.48–4.30)

3.74 (2.80–5.00)

Student

3.04 (1.92–4.81)

16.38 (7.09–37.84)*

3.68 (2.62–5.17)

4.87 (2.95–8.04)

2.20 (1.35–3.59)

63.84 (18.01–226.27)*

2.63 (1.89–3.65)

4.70 (2.91–7.61)*

Unemployed

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Steady income

        

Yes

1.52 (1.11–2.08)

9.33 (5.26–16.53)*

1.30 (1.04–1.62)

3.57 (2.77–4.59)*

1.05 (0.77–1.45)

6.45 (3.47–11.97)*

1.16 (0.93–1.46)

5.20 (3.87–6.98)*

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Per capita income

        

 > 400 USD

2.82 (2.02–3.94)

16.8 (11.1–25.42)*

2.47 (1.94–3.15)

4.68 (3.78–5.79)*

4.11 (2.77–6.09)

7.72 (4.88–12.23)*

1.44 (1.13–1.82)

2.37 (1.94–2.90)*

260–400 USD

1.55 (1.06–2.28)

3.29 (2.03–5.34)*

1.80 (1.38–2.35)

2.72 (2.16–3.42)*

2.95 (1.88–4.61)

2.43 (1.42–4.14)

1.74 (1.33–2.28)

1.46 (1.17–1.83)

 < 260 USD

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Savings

        

Yes

5.78 (4.29–7.79)

12.37 (9.27–16.5)*

2.35 (1.90–2.92)

4.21 (3.51–5.06)*

3.58 (2.65–4.84)

3.05 (2.29–4.06)

1.82 (1.47–2.25)

1.70 (1.45–2.00)

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Indebtedness

        

Yes

0.28 (0.20–0.38)

0.27 (0.21–0.35)

0.52 (0.42–0.64)

0.58 (0.49–0.69)

0.44 (0.32–0.59)

0.56 (0.43–0.73)

0.43 (0.35–0.53)

0.73 (0.62–0.85)*

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  1. IVs, independent variables; OR, crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval for OR; H–L, high vs. low quality of life; M-L, moderate vs. low quality of life
  2. *p ≤ .05 for the OR difference between single and married respondents by one sample z test