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Table 5 Quality of life in the social and environmental 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

Social domain of quality of life

Environmental 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

0.82 (0.64–1.04)

0.80 (0.64–1.00)

0.93 (0.75–1.17)

0.74 (0.61–0.88)

0.51 (0.40–0.65)

0.65 (0.53–0.80)

0.70 (0.56–0.88)

0.59 (0.49–0.70)

Man

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Age

        

 ≤ 34 years

2.99 (2.17–4.12)

4.10 (3.03–5.54)

2.65 (1.98–3.55)

1.40 (1.07–1.84)*

3.15 (2.22–4.46)

2.12 (1.60–2.81)

1.81 (1.37–2.39)

1.52 (1.18–1.96)

35–44 years

1.37 (0.83–2.26)

2.34 (1.80–3.05)

2.51 (1.66–3.79)

1.11 (0.89–1.38)*

3.56 (2.21–5.74)

1.64 (1.30–2.06)*

1.57 (1.02–2.42)

0.78 (0.63–0.97)*

 ≥ 45 years

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Education

        

University

1.59 (1.14–2.21)

3.02 (2.27–4.00)*

1.65 (1.19–2.28)

2.07 (1.64–2.62)*

2.96 (2.11–4.16)

3.92 (3.05–5.04)

2.15 (1.53–3.01)

1.58 (1.25–2.00)

Secondary

1.21 (0.93–1.58)

2.00 (1.53–2.61)*

1.96 (1.53–2.51)

1.21 (0.97–1.49)*

1.42 (1.09–1.86)

1.57 (1.22–2.02)

2.06 (1.62–2.63)

1.31(1.06–1.61)*

Primary

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occupation

        

Laborer

0.84 (0.57–1.22)

1.97 (1.37–2.84)*

1.06 (0.74–1.53)

1.77 (1.36–2.32)*

3.49 (2.19–5.56)

1.24 (0.85–1.79)*

1.06 (0.76–1.48)

1.58 (1.21–2.05)

White collar worker

0.86 (0.58–1.29)

2.67 (1.89–3.77)*

1.72 (1.19–2.49)

2.16 (1.67–2.80)

4.35 (2.70–7.02)

4.43 (3.16–6.21)

1.70 (1.21–2.40)

2.62 (2.01–3.40)

Businessman

1.13 (0.66–1.95)

4.75 (3.20–7.04)*

0.90 (0.51–1.57)

3.23 (2.36–4.42)*

10.93 (5.64–21.16)

8.81 (6.11–12.69)

2.06 (1.12–3.77)

1.92 (1.39–2.65)

Student

1.66 (1.14–2.43)

5.21 (2.91–9.31)*

1.84 (1.27–2.67)

1.83 (1.07–3.14)

5.69 (3.56–9.09)

6.86 (3.75–12.55)

1.84 (1.31–2.59)

3.26 (1.88–5.66)

Unemployed

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Steady income

        

Yes

0.96 (0.74–1.25)

2.11 (1.53–2.89)*

1.22 (0.95–1.56)

2.53 (1.96–3.27)*

1.96 (1.50–2.56)

2.86 (2.10–3.89)

1.43 (1.13–1.81)

2.70 (2.08–3.52)*

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Per capita income

        

 > 400 USD

1.23 (0.93–1.62)

4.88 (3.65–6.53)*

1.41 (1.08–1.83)

3.31 (2.66–4.13)*

2.82 (2.12–3.73)

10.70 (7.87–14.54)*

2.48 (1.90–3.23)

2.64 (2.12–3.29)

260–400 USD

1.20 (0.87–1.65)

2.45 (1.77–3.39)*

1.48 (1.10–1.98)

1.77 (1.39–2.26)

1.54 (1.12–2.13)

2.67 (1.90–3.75)*

1.96 (1.47–2.61)

1.29 (1.02–1.63)*

 < 260 USD

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Savings

        

Yes

1.53 (1.2–1.94)

4.74 (3.74–6.01)*

1.07 (0.86–1.34)

3.65 (3.00–4.44)*

3.99 (3.10–5.13)

8.93 (7.08–11.25)*

2.19 (1.73–2.77)

2.73 (2.25–3.31)

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Indebtedness

        

Yes

0.42 (0.33–0.54)

0.37 (0.29–0.46)

0.56 (0.45–0.70)

0.56 (0.47–0.68)

0.26 (0.20–0.34)

0.46 (0.38–0.57)*

0.39 (0.31–0.49)

0.66 (0.55–0.79)*

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