Table 1 Crude and adjusted association between poor self-assessed health and its predictors

  Man

451

15 %

-

1

-

1

  Woman

582

19 %

0.124

1.30 (0.93–1.80)

0.618

1.11 (0.74–1.65)

  45–59

126

6 %

-

1

-

1

  50–54

165

11 %

0.098

2.14 (0.87–5.26)

0.418

1.49 (0.57–3.92)

  55–59

188

8 %

0.349

1.55 (0.62–3.88)

0.388

0.63 (0.22–1.80)

  60–64

177

14 %

0.029*

2.65 (1.11–6.35)

0.696

0.81 (0.28–2.33)

  65–69

116

30 %

0.001**

7.23 (3.07–17.05)

0.363

1.63 (0.57–4.70)

  70–74

99

24 %

0.001**

5.46 (2.25–13.26)

0.600

1.34 (0.45–3.98)

  75–79

86

33 %

0.001**

8.20 (3.39–19.86)

0.167

2.16 (0.76–6.43)

  80+

77

36 %

0.001**

9.47 (3.88–23.11)

0.460

1.53 (0.50–4.72)

  Higher

119

4 %

-

1

-

1

  Lower education

696

21 %

0.001**

6.23 (2.48–15.63)

0.233

1.84 (0.68–4.99)

  Middle

219

13 %

0.017*

3.32 (1.24–8.91)

0.508

1.44 (0.49–4.17)

  Not difficult on present income

607

10 %

-

1

-

1

  Difficult on present income

426

29 %

0.001**

3.84 (2.73–5.42)

0.001**

2.77 (1.85–4.14)

  On labor market

486

6 %

-

1

-

1

  Permanently disabled

9

61 %

0.001**

24.41 (5.89–101.14)

0.011*

10.63 (1.73–65.31)

  Retired

538

27 %

0.001**

5.66 (3.73–8.58)

0.001**

4.24 (2.25–7.99)

  Average or higher than others in the same age

792

13 %

-

1

-

1

  Lower than others in the same age

202

33 %

0.001**

3.18 (2.22–4.54)

0.001**

2.42 (1.58–3.70)

 Self-assessed social position (ordinal, 9 points, low to high)

989

-

0.001**

0.733 (0.66–0.82)

0.007*

0.85 (0.748–0.96)