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Table 3 Age and sex adjusted prevalence and 95% confidence interval for poor self-rated health, diabetes and distress in sample by ethnicity across socio-economic indicators

From: Inequalities in health: a comparative study between ethnic Norwegians and Pakistanis in Oslo, Norway

Variables

Poor self-rated health

Diabetes

Distress

 

Pakistani

Norwegian

Pakistani

Norwegian

Pakistani

Norwegian

 

%†

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Education

            

Primary/basic

56.8

46.9–66.7

37.3

35.4–39.2

14.2

7.1–21.4

4.4

3.7–5.2

15.1

5.5–24.8

17.4

16.0–18.9

Middle

51.8

42.9–60.6

25.1

23.7–26.4

11.2

4.9–17.6

2.9

2.4–3.5

21.6

12.9–30.3

11.0

10.0–12.0

High

56.6

48.1–65.0

16.9

16.1–17.8

16.4

10.5–22.3

2.2

1.8–2.5

27.6

19.3–36.0

7.4

6.8–8.0

Paid jobs

            

No

62.7

53.8–71.6

43.8

41.8–45.7

12.9

6.9–19.0

4.2

3.6–4.9

23.0

14.5–31.4

26.3

24.8–27.9

Yes

44.6

36.3–52.9

13.9

13.1–14.6

11.0

5.6–16.4

1.2

0.9–1.5

17.9

10.3–25.5

7.0

6.5–7.7

Occupational Class

            

Blue collar

59.6

47.9–71.3

28.7

26.5–30.9

15.6

7.1–24.1

2.0

1.2–2.7

18.4

8.0–28.8

13.6

11.8–15.3

White Collar

42.7

30.5–55.0

15.0

14.2–15.9

13.6

5.2–22.1

1.5

1.2–1.7

20.7

10.1–31.3

7.9

7.2–8.5

Household income

            

Low

56.0

44.9–67.1

28.2

26.8–29.6

19.2

11.6–26.8

2.7

2.1–3.2

25.0

14.0–36.0

14.6

13.5–15.6

Medium

57.6

39.7–75.5

18.7

17.4–20.0

14.4

2.2–26.6

1.9

1.4–2.4

25.3

8.8–41.9

8.4

7.5–9.4

High

39.7

7.5–71.9

12.7

11.5–13.9

17.5

0–39.2

1.8

1.3–2.2

14.3

0–44.8

4.8

3.9–5.7