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Table 4 Quality of life in the physical and psychological domains and selected socio-economic indices in groups of people of different marital status (N = 4460)

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

IVs

Physical domain of quality of life

Psychological domain of quality of life

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

0.59 (0.46–0.75)

0.55 (0.45–0.67)

0.66 (0.52–0.82)

0.73 (0.61–0.89)

0.61 (0.48–0.77)

0.59 (0.48–0.72)

0.63 (0.50–0.79)

0.55 (0.46–0.67)

Man

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Age

        

 ≤ 34 years

0.48 (0.34–0.67)

0.95 (0.73–1.24)*

0.61 (0.44–0.85)

0.73 (0.57–0.94)

1.37 (1.01–1.86)

1.82 (1.39–2.38)

1.51 (1.13–2.03)

1.11 (0.86–1.43)

35–44 years

0.92 (0.56–1.51)

1.04 (0.82–1.32)

1.12 (0.69–1.81)

0.79 (0.63–0.99)

1.17 (0.72–1.90)

2.24 (1.78–2.83)*

2.27 (1.48–3.50)

0.95 (0.75–1.19)*

 ≥ 45 years

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Education

        

University

1.27 (0.91–1.78)

2.04 (1.59–2.61)*

0.97 (0.69–1.35)

1.01 (0.80–1.28)

2.67 (1.91–3.74)

4.41 (3.42–5.68)*

1.90 (1.35–2.69)

2.26 (1.78–2.88)

Secondary

0.66 (0.51–0.87)

1.23 (0.97–1.57)*

0.94 (0.73–1.20)

0.86 (0.69–1.07)

0.94 (0.72–1.23)

2.16 (1.68–2.76)*

1.64 (1.28–2.08)

1.94 (1.56–2.41)

Primary

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occupation

        

Laborer

1.04 (0.70–1.54)

5.07 (3.50–7.35)*

0.96 (0.67–1.39)

1.69 (1.28–2.23)*

1.07 (0.74–1.55)

1.83 (1.28–2.61)*

2.34 (1.61–3.40)

1.66 (1.27–2.17)

White collar worker

1.28 (0.86–1.92)

7.13 (4.98–10.19)*

1.13 (0.78–1.66)

1.80 (1.38–2.36)*

1.56 (1.07–2.27)

7.67 (5.46–10.77)*

2.92 (1.99–4.29)

3.21 (2.45–4.22)

Entrepreneur

1.46 (0.82–2.6)

4.25 (2.87–6.29)*

0.95 (0.53–1.69)

1.86 (1.39–2.50)*

3.01 (1.71–5.29)

9.83 (6.68–14.45)*

2.61 (1.42–4.82)

4.20 (3.03–5.83)

Student

0.79 (0.54–1.17)

4.03 (2.28–7.12)*

0.88 (0.61–1.25)

1.22 (0.74–2.02)

1.50 (1.04–2.15)

4.41 (2.54–7.64)*

2.64 (1.81–3.84)

1.83 (1.10–3.05)

Unemployed

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Steady income

        

Yes

1.57 (1.2–2.04)

6.12 (4.19–8.93)*

1.27 (1.00–1.62)

1.84 (1.44–2.36)*

1.71 (1.32–2.21)

4.03 (2.86–5.67)*

1.85 (1.45–2.36)

1.84 (1.43–2.37)

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Per capita income

        

 > 400 USD

1.13 (0.86–1.50)

4.05 (3.13–5.25)*

1.59 (1.22–2.07)

2.00 (1.59–2.51)

1.67 (1.26–2.20)

4.43 (3.44–5.71)*

1.39 (1.07–1.80)

2.33 (1.86–2.91)*

260–400 USD

1.43 (1.05–1.95)

1.18 (0.88–1.58)

1.49 (1.10–2.01)

1.16 (0.91–1.48)

1.12 (0.82–1.54)

1.40 (1.04–1.90)

1.35 (1.01–1.80)

1.82 (1.43–2.33)

 < 260 USD

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Savings

        

Yes

2.40 (1.88–3.07)

2.30 (1.87–2.83)

1.93 (1.53–2.44)

2.02 (1.66–2.45)

2.38 (1.87–3.03)

2.72 (2.22–3.34)

1.55 (1.24–1.95)

1.52 (1.27–1.84)

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Indebtedness

        

Yes

0.67 (0.52–0.85)

0.57 (0.46–0.69)

0.67 (0.54–0.84)

0.52 (0.43–0.63)

0.53 (0.42–0.67)

0.55 (0.45–0.68)

0.76 (0.61–0.95)

1.00 (0.83–1.20)

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