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Table 3 Factors associated with good health compared to poor health

From: Contribution of primary care to health: an individual level analysis from Tibet, China

Dependent variable: self-rated health

OR (95 % CI)

SE

P-valuea

Primary care assessment total score

1.020(1.008–1.033)

0.006

0.002

Location

   

 Urban

-

  

 Rural

1.876(1.415–2.487)

0.144

<0.001

Gender

   

 Male

-

-

-

 Female

1.078(0.821–1.415)

0.139

0.591

Age

   

 18–44 years

-

-

-

 45–59 years

1.023(0.771–1.357)

0.144

0.876

 ≥ 60 years

0.797(0.522–1.218)

0.216

0.294

Incomeb (annual household income)

   

 ≤ 31400RMB

-

  

 > 31400RMB

0.797(0.609–1.043)

0.137

0.098

Education

   

 Never attend school

-

-

-

 Primary school

1.567(1.160–2.116)

0.153

0.003

 Junior high school and above

2.976(2.111–4.195)

0.175

<0.001

Marital status

   

 Singled

-

  

 Married

1.319(0.988–1.762)

0.148

0.060

Depression

   

 Yes

-

  

 No

3.961(3.057–5.130)

0.132

<0.001

Smoking

   

 Current smoker

-

-

-

 Ex-smoker

1.129(0.712–1.792)

0.236

0.606

 No smoker

1.166(0.818–1.662)

0.181

0.396

Drinking (times per week)

   

 ≥ 3

-

-

-

 1–2

1.762(1.181–2.630)

0.204

0.006

 0

2.039(1.440–2.887)

0.177

<0.001

Exercise (times per week)

   

 ≥ 3

-

-

-

 1–2

1.101(0.801–1.515)

0.163

0.553

 0

0.976(0.723–1.318)

0.153

0.876

  1. Poor health: people with low self-rated health (neutral, poor or very poor)
  2. Good health: people with high self-rated health (very good, good)
  3. SE standard error, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  4. a P-value by multiple logistic regression analysis. Significance level is 0.05
  5. bAverage annual household income was 31400 RMB among the participants